160 Ill. App. 3d 99 - People v. Davidson’s Empirical Analysis

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25 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Gill’s own testimony shows that [the victim’s] reaction was provoked by defendant’s own conduct. Gill’s own testimony indicated that he, Gill, was the aggressor. He came to the home armed with a gun. He admitted picking up the piece of wood from a woodpile before entering the home, but then decided to discard it. He parked his car a mile from the home, then jogged the remainder of the distance so no one would know he was at the home. He testified he knew [the victim] would be upset when confronted about divorcing his wife. Gill admitted he did not have permission to enter the home that night. He did not go to the front door because he knew if [the victim] saw him coming, he would ‘slam the door in my face,’ so he entered through the garage door and the basement. *** [W]e do not believe that under these circumstances defendant was entitled to instructions regarding self-defense or voluntary manslaughter ***.” Davidson, 160 Ill. App. 3d at 110-11 , 514 N.E.2d at 25 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 254 Ill. App. 3d 651 - People v. Davis

2. “cumulative of other evidence properly admitted”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Marie H. (In Re M.S.)