208 Ill. App. 3d 979 - People v. Steiger’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently January 2026
22 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 122 Ill. 2d 176 - People v. Enoch · Easter House v. United States · Texas v. New Mexico · 60 Ill. 2d 287 - People v. Murrell · 106 Ill. 2d 327 - People v. Smith
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.
“lessen[] the probability that the waiver was not made knowingly.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"A defendant speaks and acts through his attorney; therefore, a trial court may rely on the defense attorney to execute his professional responsibilities. [Citation.] Thus, where the defense counsel informs the trial court of the defendant's desire to waive his right to a jury trial, the defendant has knowingly and understandingly consented to the waiver. [Citation.]" Steiger, 208 Ill. App.3d at 981-82 , 153 Ill.Dec. 702 , 567 N.E.2d 660 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The People do not suggest that it is the written waiver alone that creates the knowing and understanding waiver of the right to a jury. It is the written waiver in conjunction with the Defendant’s silent acquiescence in court when his attorney agreed to the bench trial.” (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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