State v. Dopson’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
July 1990
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People v. Wallace
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] loaded pistol is a dangerous weapon and to take possession thereof is to arm oneself.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.