158 Ill. 2d 155 - People v. West’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
45 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently November 2025 · most notably 211 Ill. 2d 395 - People v. Santos (2004), 303 Ill. App. 3d 671 - People v. Morrow (1999)
45 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 145 Ill. 2d 188 - People v. Schott · 151 Ill. 2d 175 - People v. Wittenmyer · 151 Ill. 2d 37 - People v. Zwart · 69 Ill. 2d 200 - People v. Morgan · 139 Ill. 2d 1 - People v. Williams
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) In a prosecution for a physical or sexual act perpetrated upon or against a child under the age of 13 ***, the following evidence shall he admitted as an exception to the hearsay rule: (2) testimony of an out of court statement made by the victim describing any complaint of such act or matter or detail pertaining to any act which is an element of an offense which is the subject of a prosecution for a sexual or physical act against that victim. (b) Such testimony shall only be admitted if: (1) The court finds in a hearing conducted outside the presence of the jury that the time, content, and circumstances of the statement provide sufficient safeguards of reliability; and (2) The child *** (A) testifies at the proceeding[.] *** * * * (c) If a statement is admitted pursuant to this Section, the court shall instruct the jury that it is for the jury to determine the weight and credibility to be given the statement and that, in making the determination, it shall consider the age and maturity of the child, *** the nature of the statement, the circumstances under which the statement was made, and any other relevant factor.” (Emphasis added.) 725 ILCS 5/115 — 10 ( West 1998 ).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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