Dowdy v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
August 2019
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Caldwell v. Mississippi · Ake v. Oklahoma · Spencer v. Commonwealth · O'Dell v. Commonwealth · Moore v. Kemp
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[w]hile it is improper for an appellant to alter the wording of a [granted] assignment of error ... non-substantive changes to an assignment of error ... do not default the issue raised.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“is determined on a case-by-case basis, and the determination is a matter resting within a trial court's discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Thomas v. Com.“has the burden to make a `particularized showing of the need' for such assistance”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Thomas v. Com.
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.