115 Ill. 2d 238 - People v. Sanchez’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
143 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 147 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably 123 Ill. 2d 184 - People v. Reddick (1988), 128 Ill. 2d 66 - People v. Flores (1989)
143 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 Jackson v. Virginia · Chapman v. State of California · Gregg v. Georgia · Irvin v. Dowd · Woodson v. North Carolina
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 147 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘Total ignorance of the case is exceptional, and it is not required.’ ([Taylor, 101 Ill. 2d at 386 , 462 N.E.2d at 482 ]; Irvin v. Dowd (1961), 366 U.S. 717, 722-23 , 6 L. Ed. 2d 751, 756 , 81 S. Ct. 1639, 1642-43 .) It is sufficient if the juror can lay aside his impression or opinion and render a verdict based on the evidence presented in court. [Citation.] In assessing a claim of partiality due to pretrial publicity, a reviewing court has an obligation to evaluate the voir dire testimony of the jurors [citations], and to review the entire record to determine independently whether the defendant received a fair trial.” Sanchez, 115 Ill. 2d at 263 , 503 N.E.2d at 285 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whatever conflicts may have existed in the evidence, resolution of such inconsistencies is wholly within the province of the jury. [Citations.] Moreover, the jury is also entrusted with determinations of credibility.” People v. Sanchez (1986), 115 Ill. 2d 238 . 261. 503 N.E.2d 277 . 284. Clearly, Grant and whoever acted with him used”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the level of awareness of the case on the part of the venire and the jury ultimately selected was not so great as to establish partiality and to deny the defendant a fair trial”
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.