116 Ill. 2d 81 - People v. Byron’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
89 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 96 later decisions — most recently November 2025 · most notably 164 Ill. 2d 279 - People v. Byron (1995), 129 Ill. 2d 458 - People v. Boclair (1989)
89 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 · 106 Ill. 2d 237 - People v. Collins · 67 Ill. 2d 564 - People v. Manion · 74 Ill. 2d 329 - People v. Vriner · United States v. Sampol
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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In such cases when there is a gross disparity in the quantity and venality of the testimony against the respective joint defendants it is fair to inquire 6 Donise Robertson identified Stanley on June 24, 2009, the night of the shooting, as the shooter in the front passenger seat. By contrast, Julius Davis did not identify defendant until July 4, 2009. 71 No. 1-14-2259 'whether the jury can reasonably be expected to compartmentalize the evidence as it relates to separate defendants in the light of its volume and limited admissibility.' [Citations.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Byron’s defense was clearly entirely antagonistic to Bean’s. In a word, Byron’s defense consisted of the contention that Bean was the murderer and Byron was not even there. Byron’s counsel elicited admissions from witnesses which implicated Bean and were totally irrelevant to Byron. Finally, Byron’s closing argument labeled Bean as a murderer.” (People v. Bean (1985), 109 Ill. 2d 80, 96 , 485 N.E.2d 349, 357 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““ ‘Once a defendant has been found guilty of the crime charged, the factfinder’s role as weigher of the evidence is preserved through a legal conclusion that upon judicial review all of the evidence is to be considered in the light most favorable to the prosecution.’ (Emphasis in original.) 443 U.S. 307, 319 , 61 L. Ed. 2d 560, 573 , 99 S. Ct. 2781, 2789 .” Collins, 106 Ill. 2d at 261 , 478 N.E.2d at 277 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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