187 Ill. App. 3d 423 - People v. Colson’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
May 1994
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · United States v. Cronic · 122 Ill. 2d 176 - People v. Enoch · 104 Ill. 2d 504 - People v. Albanese
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““proves he was not the aggressor, but was confronted with unlawful force, that he reasonably believed the danger of harm was imminent and that the force he used was necessary to defend against that danger.” People v. Colson (1989), 187 Ill. App. 3d 423, 435 , 543 N.E.2d 282 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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