234 Ill. 2d 68 - People v. Runge’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 131 state decisions

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 140 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It has been held that prosecutors may discuss subjects of common experience or common sense in closing argument as well. [Citation.] Indeed, since this court has acknowledged that jurors do not leave their common sense behind when they enter court [citation], it would seem proper for prosecutors to couch arguments in those terms and make appeals thereto.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Anderson

2. “not necessarily proper, [it] is not as serious as [the exertion of external influences on a jury], nor does every incident of juror misconduct require a new trial. What is crucial is not that jurors keep silent with each other about the case but that each juror keep an open mind until the case has been submitted to the jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 354 Ill. Dec. 683 - Eskew v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE

3. “`[A] trial judge is vested with broad discretion in responding to an allegation of jury misconduct, and that discretion is at its broadest when the allegation involves internal misconduct such as premature deliberations * * *.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 354 Ill. Dec. 683 - Eskew v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE