137 Ill. App. 3d 171 - People v. Morrison’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 90 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 91 later decisions — most recently June 2021 · most notably 152 Ill. 2d 133 - People v. Pasch (1992), 167 Ill. 2d 483 - People v. Sims (1995)
1 federal appellate · 90 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 Strickland v. Washington · 106 Ill. 2d 237 - People v. Collins · 46 Ill. 2d 348 - The People v. Hairston · 91 Ill. 2d 536 - People v. Huckstead · 74 Ill. 2d 329 - People v. Vriner
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 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is well settled that great latitude is afforded a prosecutor during closing argument [citation], and that the propriety of the prosecution’s remarks is generally left to the discretion of the trial court ***. In closing argument, the prosecution may base its argument on the evidence presented or reasonable inferences therefrom [citation]; respond to those comments by defense counsel which clearly invite or provoke a response [citation]; comment on the credibility of the defense witnesses [citation]; denounce the activities of defendants and urge that justice be administered [citation]; highlight inconsistencies in defendant’s argument [citation]; and comment on defendant’s absence at trial [citation].” People v. Morrison, 137 Ill. App. 3d 171, 184 (1985).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“presented comprehensive opening and closing arguments on behalf of his client, conducted extensive cross-examination, made numerous timely objections at trial, and argued vigorously at the sentencing hearing in mitigation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Clayton v. Gilmore“comment on the credibility of witnesses [citation]; denounce the activities of defendants and urge that justice be administered [citation]; [and] highlight inconsistencies in defendant's argument [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.