Dotson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 1986
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Owens v. State · 52 Ala. App. 490 - Murphy v. State · 53 Ala. App. 666 - Daniels v. State · 39 Ala. App. 219 - Fuller v. State · 50 Ala. App. 324 - Lucky 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]here is no material variance where there is proof of so much of an indictment as shows the defendant committed a substantial offense specified therein.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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