154 Ill. App. 3d 808 - People v. Mudd’s Empirical Analysis

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17 state decisions

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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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he elements constituting the offense of reckless homicide may be summarized as an unintentional killing of a person by the defendant while operating a motor vehicle recklessly in a manner likely to cause death or great bodily harm. Without the existence of any one of ... these elements, the crime itself has not been committed. There can be no homi cide without a death. Unless a death occurs, the State cannot investigate, charge, or prosecute for reckless homicide.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of Indiana v. John K. Sturman

2. “[T]he `year and a day rule' did not operate in the nature of a statute of limitations barring prosecution. So long as the death occurred within the specified time frame, it was then presumed the blow or injury caused the death for purposes of a homicide prosecution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Vance