197 Ill. 2d 404 - People v. Morgan’s Empirical Analysis

2001

Citation profile

235

cited by 235 later decisions

states following

February 2026

most recently cited

6 federal appellate · 222 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 235 later decisions — most recently February 2026 · most notably 212 Ill. 2d 489 - In Re Marriage of Bates (2004), 198 Ill. 2d 209 - People v. Villarreal (2001)

6 federal appellate · 222 state decisions

Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

Relationships

Relies on Gault · Oregon v. Elstad · Fare v. Michael C. · Gallegos v. State of Colorado · 145 Ill. 2d 353 - People v. Illgen

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

“where the acts constituting forcible felonies arise from and are inherent in the act of murder itself, those acts cannot serve as predicate felonies for a charge of felony murder.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Czech v. Melvin · People v. Space
“acts that were inherent in, and arose out of, the fatal shootings.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. People v. Melecio · 337 Ill. App. 3d 122 - People v. Toney
““It would be anomalous, then, to give a second degree murder instruction with regard to a charge of felony murder. Pursuant to the plain language of the statute, it is clear that the provocation defense of second degree murder is not available to a charge of felony murder. Accordingly, we reverse the appellate court’s finding that a second degree murder instruction should have been given on the charges of felony murder, and affirm the trial court’s order declining to give that instruction.” Morgan, 197 Ill. 2d at 452 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 337 Ill. App. 3d 122 - People v. Toney · 339 Ill. App. 3d 93 - People v. Luckett

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.