16 Ill. App. 3d 892 - People v. Billops’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 state decisions

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

1. ““The requirement of Rule 402(c) that there be a factual basis for the plea is met when it appears on the record that there is a basis for reasonably concluding that the defendant actually committed the acts with the intent (if any) required to constitute the offense to which the defendant is pleading guilty. It is not necessary that it appear on the record beyond a reasonable doubt or even by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant committed the offense. (See ABA Standards Relating to Pleas of Guilty, Par. 1.6, approved Draft, 1968). All that is required to appear on the record is a basis upon which the judge could reasonably reach the conclusion that there is a connection between the defendant’s acts and the intent with which he acted and the acts and intent (if any) required to constitute the offense to which the defendant is pleading guilty.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 24 Ill. App. 3d 286 - People v. Quick

2. ““It must be remembered that the requirements of Rule 402(a)(1) are two-pronged. The court by addressing the defendant in open court, (1) must inform him of the nature of the charge, and (2) must determine that he understands the nature of the charge. There has been a tendency to focus only on the admonitions required to accomplish the first of these, whereas it is just as important that the court determine that the defendant understands the nature of the charge to which he is pleading guilty.” (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 128 Ill. App. 3d 415 - People v. Sutherland

3. ““Since a guilty plea is an ‘admission of all the elements of a formal criminal charge’ and ‘cannot be truly voluntary unless the defendant possesses an understanding of the law in relation to the facts," McCarthy v. United States, 394 U.S. 459 , we believe the trial court must inform the defendant of the essential elements of the crime of which he is charged.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 21 Ill. App. 3d 375 - People v. Troyan