10 Ill. 2d 74 - The PEOPLE v. Halteman’s Empirical Analysis
1956
Citation profile
193 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 195 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably 226 Ill. 2d 92 - People v. Wheeler (2007), 155 Ill. 2d 422 - People v. Peeples (1993)
193 state decisions
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 People v. Gray · People v. Lindsay · 9 Ill. 2d 224 - The People v. Moore · 2 Ill. 2d 311 - People v. Mueller · People v. Hagenow
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 195 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““As a general rule the latitude to be allowed in cross-examination of witnesses rests largely in the discretion of the trial court. Such cross-examination should be kept within fair and reasonable limits, and it is only in a case of clear abuse of such discretion, resulting in manifest prejudice to the defendant, that a reviewing court will interfere.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[I]t is improper for the prosecutor to make statements the only effect of which is to inflame the passions or develop the prejudices of the jury without throwing any light upon the issues * * *.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. Darr · People v. Kelley““This statement made by defendant to Mrs. Petrie, in the presence of Mrs. Sepper, after Mrs. Petrie had accused him of mistreating her daughter, tends to indicate that defendant was guilty of some wrongdoing, People v. Mueller, 2 Ill. 2d 311 , 118 N.E.2d 1 , and is corroboration of the highest quality and from a most reliable source.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.