578 So. 2d 533 - State v. Dobson’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
43
cited by 43 later decisions
1
states following
April 2005
most recently cited
43 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cage v. Louisiana · 389 So. 2d 1328 - State v. Williamson · State v. Thomas · 505 So. 2d 44 - State v. Arvie · 493 So. 2d 588 - State v. Green
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A party may not assign as error the giving or failure to give a jury charge or any portion thereof unless an objection thereto is made before the jury retires or within such time as the court may reasonably cure the alleged error.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“to allow a finding of guilt based on a degree of proof below that required by the due process clause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“could have led a reasonable juror to interpret the instruction”
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.