10 Ill. 2d 430 - The People v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

132 state decisions

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 132 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"If the witness was sufficiently mature to receive correct impressions by her senses, to recollect and narrate intelligently, and to appreciate the moral duty to tell the truth, she was competent. Not age, but the degree of intelligence of a child, determines the question of the child's competency. (Shannon v. Swanson, 208 Ill. 52 ; State of Segerberg, 131 Conn. 546 , 41 A.2d 101 .)"”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 46 Ill. App. 3d 33 - Carrao v. Bd. of Educ. of City of Chicago · 8 Ill. App. 3d 512 - People v. Eastin

2. ““In rape cases, where the injured female is a witness, it is proper for her to testify that she made prompt complaint concerning the outrage which had been perpetrated upon her, and it is proper to permit the person to whom she complained to give testimony that the complaint was made, but it is not proper for such person to give the name of the accused or the details of the offense.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 130 Ill. App. 2d 623 - People v. Stewart

3. ““In the case at bar the intelligence of the witness was ascertained, to some extent, by her appearance and conduct in the presence of the court, and it is only where there has been an abuse of discretion or a manifest misapprehension of some legal principle that a decision to admit such testimony will be reviewed. [Citation.]” ( 51 Ill. 2d 52, 57 , 281 N.E.2d 617, 620 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 68 Ill. App. 3d 437 - People v. Cowen