209 Ill. 2d 340 - People v. Morales’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
77 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions — most recently December 2025 · most notably 237 Ill. 2d 356 - People v. Taylor (2010), 217 Ill. 2d 289 - People v. Hardin (2005)
77 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 Cuyler v. Sullivan · Holloway v. Arkansas · Mickens v. Taylor · 123 Ill. 2d 1 - People v. Spreitzer · 101 Ill. 2d 104 - People v. Washington
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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`there is no need to show that the attorney's actual performance was in any way affected by the existence of the conflict.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a per se conflict is grounds for reversal unless the defendant waived his right to conflict-free counsel.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“cause should be remanded for a new trial because defense counsel labored under a per se conflict of interest where he had previously represented * * * [C.S.] as guardian ad litem.”
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.