180 Ill. App. 3d 418 - People v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
1
states following
June 1993
most recently cited
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Booth v. Maryland · 68 Ill. 2d 149 - People v. Perruquet · 127 Ill. App. 3d 642 - People v. Estes · 121 Ill. 2d 259 - People v. Simms · 122 Ill. 2d 266 - People v. Crews
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A person is justified in the use of force against another when and to the extent that he reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend himself or another against such other’s imminent use of unlawful force. However, he is justified in the use of force which is intended or likely to cause death or great bodily harm only if he reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or another, or the commission of a forcible felony.””
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.