Dolphus L. Dulin v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden’s Empirical Analysis
448 F.2d 1238 · 1971
Citation profile
20 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently April 2022 · most notably David McChesney v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary (1973), Robert Webster v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections (1974)
20 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · Gideon v. Wainwright · Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Carnley v. Cochran · David Busby v. William C. Holman, Warden, Kilby Prison
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“for an additional hearing at which appellant should be assisted by counsel, and at which the state should be given the opportunity to come forth with any positive evidence it may have to controvert appellant's allegations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“did not know about his right to appointed counsel and was not advised of that right, then there could not possibly be an intentional relinquishment or waiver of that right.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williford v. Estelle“a mere recitation does not provide any insight into 'how or in what way * * * (appellant) was advised of the right to counsel,'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williford v. Estelle
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.