Dalton v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
January 1978
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Louisville & Jefferson County Planning & Zoning Commission v. Coin · Higdon v. Commonwealth
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““On or about the 7th day of November, 1970, in Henry County, Kentucky, the above defendant committed the offense of murder, to wit: Murdered Allen Wallace by shooting him, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.””
1 later decision 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.