236 Ill. 2d 175 - People v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
293
cited by 293 later decisions
1
states following
March 2026
most recently cited
288 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Neitzke v. Williams · Drope v. Missouri · 183 Ill. 2d 366 - People v. Coleman · 234 Ill. 2d 1 - People v. Hodges
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 293 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“has no arguable basis either in law or in fact.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““Baseless factual claims include those that are ‘ “fantastic or delusional” ’ [citations], but not all baseless factual claims are necessarily delusional. A factual claim may be baseless where the record belies the claim made in the petition. People v. Torres, 228 Ill. 2d 382, 394 (2008) (‘this court has consistently upheld the dismissal of a postconviction petition when the allegations are contradicted by the record from the original trial proceedings’). [Citation.]” (Emphasis in original.) Brown, 236 Ill. 2d at 199 , 923 N.E.2d at 762 (Garman, J., dissenting.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“of proving that, at the time of trial, there were facts in existence which raised a real, substantial and legitimate doubt as to his mental capacity to meaningfully participate in his defense and cooperate with counsel. The test is an objective one.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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