236 Ill. 2d 162 - People v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
60 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 71 Ill. 2d 166 - People v. Nicholls · 224 Ill. 2d 312 - People v. Perry · Rothgery v. Gillespie County · 195 Ill. 2d 336 - People v. Maggette · 233 Ill. 2d 30 - People v. Davison
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if a term has a settled legal meaning, the courts will normally infer that the legislature intended to incorporate the established meaning”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“ascertain and give effect to the drafters' intention, and the most reliable indicator of intent is the language used, which must be given its plain and ordinary meaning”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“a hearing before a judge to determine if there is probable cause to believe that the person accused has committed an offense”
2 later decisions 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.