192 Ill. App. 3d 907 - People v. Gray’s Empirical Analysis

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7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘[A] defendant’s decision whether to testify at trial cannot be used as a bargaining tool with the trial court regarding its determination to grant or deny the motion to preclude evidence of the prior convictions. The defendant’s refusal to testify, standing alone, cannot serve as the basis for a conclusion that he is prejudiced.’ ” Benson, 266 Ill. App. 3d at 1002 , 641 N.E.2d at 624 , quoting People v. Gray, 192 Ill. App. 3d 907, 916 , 549 N.E.2d 730, 736 (1989).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 266 Ill. App. 3d 994 - People v. Benson · 295 Ill. App. 3d 735 - People v. Steward

2. “This Article shall not apply unless (1) the first felony was committed after the effective date of this Act.” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 33B — 1(c) (effective February 1, 1978).) However, under the amended Act the aforementioned language was excised. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 33B — 1 (amended by Pub. Act 81 — 1270, effective July 3, 1980). Wilson committed the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 257 Ill. App. 3d 826 - People v. Wilson