Dorsey v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
July 2016
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pruitt v. State · Richardson v. State · 246 Ga. App. 506 - Demetrios v. State · Smith v. State · 245 Ga. App. 848 - Madge v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“of someone she believed to be her cousin approaching the room. Dorsey stopped, presumably because he also saw the shadow, and told A.A. not to tell anyone what had happened or he would beat her up or kill her. A.A.'s cousin testified that on the night in question, he drove to the house where A.A. lived and stopped to talk to his uncle, who was sitting on the carport. Dorsey arrived shortly thereafter and entered the house. A.A.'s cousin later went inside, heard A.A. saying”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dorsey v. State“Dorsey grabbed her arm, pushed her down, removed her shorts, pulled down his pants, and forced his penis inside her vagina. A.A. screamed and tried to push him away, but he would not move. Eventually, A.A. saw a”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dorsey v. State“thoroughly investigated the case, that he made reasonable strategic and tactical decisions at trial, and that he, in consultation with his client, exercised reasonable professional judgment at trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dorsey v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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