State v. Burrell’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
3
states following
May 2021
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Sands · 71 Ill. 2d 551 - People v. Grant · State v. Bird · State v. Saucier · 46 Ill. App. 3d 125 - People v. Grant
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] lthough a voluntary act is an absolute requirement for criminal liability, it does not follow that every act up to the moment that the harm is caused must be voluntary.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“prove that the defendant 's last act was voluntary”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“performed consciously as a result of effort,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.