219 Ill. App. 3d 223 - People v. Elder’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently January 2024
14 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 68 Ill. 2d 149 - People v. Perruquet · 82 Ill. 2d 268 - People v. Cox · 94 Ill. 2d 378 - People v. Free · 38 Ill. 2d 331 - The People v. Crews · 131 Ill. 2d 66 - People v. Chevalier
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The question of the defendant’s mental condition at the time of the crime is a question of fact to be determined by the trier of fact. [Citation.] Expert opinion may not be admitted on matters of common knowledge unless the subject is difficult to comprehend and explain. [Citation.] We find that a jury is capable of determining whether the defendant was acting under a sudden and intense passion as a result of serious provocation.” Elder, 219 Ill. App. 3d at 225-26 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““That proposition is correct in cases where the expert testifies to facts requiring scientific knowledge not within the common knowledge of the jury. [Citations.] On the other hand, expert opinions may not be admitted on matters of common knowledge unless the subject is difficult to comprehend and explain. [Citation.] From the facts, as previously discussed, we conclude that the jury could have arrived at its decision based on its knowledge without the help of expert testimony.” Ambro, 153 Ill. App. 3d at 8 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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