223 Ill. 2d 458 - People v. Pendleton’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
812 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 845 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably 229 Ill. 2d 34 - People v. Perkins (2008), 229 Ill. 2d 56 - People v. Beaman (2008)
812 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 197 Ill. 2d 239 - People v. Edwards · 205 Ill. 2d 444 - People v. Pitsonbarger · 156 Ill. 2d 149 - People v. Davis · 217 Ill. 2d 177 - People v. Whitfield · 212 Ill. 2d 192 - People v. Greer
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 845 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`all well-pleaded facts that are not positively rebutted by the trial record are to be taken as true.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Upshaw · People v. Perry“in the proceedings that produced the conviction or sentence being challenged.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Begay · People v. Johnson“"THE COURT: If you plead guilty, you would be giving up your right to a trial of any kind by a judge or a jury . You would be giving up the right to confront and cross-examine witnesses who would testify against you in court during your trial. By pleading guilty, you would be giving up the privilege against self-incrimination and the presumption of innocence. You would be giving up the right to subpoena witnesses to come into court to testify for you and to present any defenses you might have to this charge , and by pleading guilty, you would be giving up the right to require the [ S ] tate to prove you committed this offense beyond a reasonable doubt . Do you understand the rights you are giving up by pleading guilty? THE DEFENDANT: Yes. THE COURT: Do you have any questions about your rights this morning? THE DEFENDANT: No. THE COURT: Are you telling me you wish to give up your rights and plead guilty? THE DEFENDANT: Yes." (Emphases added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.