People v. Dover’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
June 2009
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Page v. Clark · People v. Huckleberry · Bailey v. People · People v. Ford · People v. Handy
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An affirmative defense is essentially an admission of the crime charged, but seeks to justify, excuse or mitigate the defendant 's conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the conduct of a driver of a vehicle which would otherwise constitute a violation of this section is justifiable and not unlawful”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. McNeese
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.