Dewberry v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
49
cited by 49 later decisions
1
states following
June 2013
most recently cited
49 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Malcolm v. State · Slade v. State · Jefferson v. Zant · Austin v. Carter
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`(A)fter having been informed, the defendant, and not his attorney, makes the ultimate decision about ... whether or not to testify in his own behalf, (cit.)....' [Cit.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Doctor v. State“[W]e must uphold that finding on appeal unless it is clearly erroneous. [Cit.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. Gaither
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.