238 Ill. 2d 497 - People v. Close’s Empirical Analysis

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122 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 133 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"When reviewing a trial court's ruling on a motion to suppress, we will accord great deference to the trial court's factual findings and will reverse those findings only if they are against the manifest weight of the evidence; but we will review de novo the court's ultimate decision to grant or deny the motion." People v. Close, 238 Ill.2d 497, 504 , 345 Ill.Dec. 620 , 939 N.E.2d 463, 467 (2010).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 357 Ill. Dec. 820 - People v. Smulik · People v. Price

2. “[I]f the exception, instead of being a part of the description of the offense, merely withdraws certain acts or certain persons from the operation of the statute, it need not be negatived [by the State]....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. City of Missoula v. Shumway

3. “In judging the police officer's conduct, we apply an objective standard: `would the facts available to the officer at the moment of the seizure * * * "warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. People v. Price