153 Ill. App. 3d 1 - People v. Ambro’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently October 2005
16 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 Sutherland v. United States · Terrell v. United States · 91 Ill. 2d 536 - People v. Huckstead · Beigel v. United States · 101 Ill. 2d 535 - In Re Levin
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"On the evening of the killing, *** the wife implied that defendant was not the father of her children, called him an alcoholic, and told him she was going to take the children when she left him. When defendant knelt beside his wife and asked how he could restore their relationship, she informed him of her adultery and then goaded him to kill her.” (Ambro, 153 Ill. App. 3d at 6 , 505 N.E.2d at 384 .)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““That proposition is correct in cases where the expert testifies to facts requiring scientific knowledge not within the common knowledge of the jury. [Citations.] On the other hand, expert opinions may not be admitted on matters of common knowledge unless the subject is difficult to comprehend and explain. [Citation.] From the facts, as previously discussed, we conclude that the jury could have arrived at its decision based on its knowledge without the help of expert testimony.” Ambro, 153 Ill. App. 3d at 8 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““In both [People v. Ahlberg (1973), 13 Ill. App. 3d 1038 , 301 N.E.2d 608 , and People v. Carr (1980), 91 Ill. App. 3d 512 , 414 N.E.2d 1108 , cert. denied (1981), 454 U.S. 848 , 70 L. Ed. 2d 136 , 102 S. Ct. 167 ], there was a history of ongoing marital discord, a wife who evidenced an intent to permanently leave her husband, insulting remarks concerning the husband’s masculinity and an announcement of adultery by the wife.” (People v. Ambro (1987), 153 Ill. App. 3d 1, 6 , 505 N.E.2d 381, 384 .)”
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.