213 Ill. 2d 459 - People v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 72 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions — most recently February 2026 · most notably 234 Ill. 2d 1 - People v. Hodges (2009), 214 Ill. 2d 455 - People v. Woods (2005)
3 federal appellate · 72 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 70 Cal. 2d 522 - People v. Ireland · 185 Ill. 2d 81 - People v. Kliner · Hopkins v. Reeves · 163 Ill. 2d 93 - People v. Novak · 123 Ill. 2d 322 - People v. Richardson
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.
““§9 — 3. Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless Homicide. (a) A person who unintentionally kills an individual without lawful justification commits involuntary manslaughter if his acts whether lawful or unlawful which cause the death are such as are likely to cause death or great bodily harm to some individual, and he performs them recklessly, except in cases in which the cause of the death consists of the driving of a motor vehicle or operating a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft, in which case the person commits reckless homicide. (b) In cases involving reckless homicide, being under the influence of alcohol or any other drug or drugs at the time of the alleged violation shall be presumed to be evidence of a reckless act unless disproved by evidence to the contrary. (c) For the purposes of this Section, a person shall be considered to be under the influence of alcohol or other drugs while: 1. The alcohol concentration in the person’s blood or breath is 0.08 or more based on the definition of blood and breath units in Section 11 — 501.2 of the Illinois Vehicle Code [625 ILCS 5/11 — 501.2]; 2. Under the influence of alcohol to a degree that renders the person incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle or operating a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft; 3. Under the influence of any other drug or combination of drugs to a degree that renders the person incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle or operating a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercr”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[T]o convict defendant of mob action, it was not necessary to prove that defendant struck [the victim], much less performed the act that caused the killing. Unlike Morgan and Pelt, we are able to conclude that the predicate felony underlying the charge of felony murder involved conduct with a felonious purpose other than the conduct which killed [the victim]. Therefore, under the facts of the instant case, mob action was a proper predicate felony for felony murder.” Davis, 213 Ill. 2d at 474-75 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““First Degree [Felony] Murder in that he, without lawful justification killed Samantha Cruz, [Erica Ramos, and Frankie Ramos] while he was committing a forcible felony, to wit: an aggravated arson at 2442 West 25th Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, in violation of Chapter 720, Act 5, Section 9 — 1(a)(3) of the Illinois Compiled Statutes 2001, as amended, and contrary to the Statute, and against the peace and dignity of the same People of the State of Illinois.””
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.