13 Ill. 2d 84 - The PEOPLE v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 2 district · 99 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 117 later decisions (6 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2020 · most notably Jackson v. Denno (1964), Culombe v. Connecticut (1961)
6 federal appellate · 2 district · 99 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 Stein v. People of State of New York Wissner · Fikes v. State of Alabama · Leyra v. Denno · Dowdell v. United States · People v. Lettrich
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 117 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Statements of counsel and argument based upon facts and circumstances proved, or upon legitimate inference therefrom, do not exceed the bounds of proper debate and are not to be discountenanced by the courts. [Citation.] It is not improper for the prosecuting attorney to reflect unfavorably on the defendant, or to comment on his actions, if based on competent and pertinent evidence. [Citations.] Similarly the State’s Attorney has a right to dwell on the evil results of crime and to urge fearless administration of the law. [Citation.]” ( 13 Ill. 2d 84, 109 , 148 N.E.2d 455, 468-69 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Where an accused takes the stand on his own behalf, he tenders his character and reputation as a direct issue, thus subjecting his credibility to the same tests as applied to any other witness, (See: People v. Johnson, 333 Ill. 469 ; People v. Hicks, 362 Ill. 238 ; United, States v. Skidmore, 123 F.2d 604 ,) and the court has wide discretion in determining the propriety of cross-examination tending to reflect on his character. (People v. Halpin, 276 Ill. 363 .)” (Miller, 13 Ill. 2d at 108 , 148 N.E.2d at 468 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“As noted in People v. Miller (1958), 13 Ill. 2d 84,109 , 148 N.E.2d 455 , “It is not improper for the prosecuting attorney to reflect unfavorably on the defendant, or to comment on his actions, if based on competent and pertinent evidence. [Citations.] Similarly the State’s Attorney has a right to dwell on the evil results of crime and to urge fearless administration of the law. [Citation.]””
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.