People v. Ligon’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
92
cited by 92 later decisions
3
cited 3 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
March 2026
most recently cited
84 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Douglas v. People of State of California · Massaro v. United States · Pennsylvania v. Finley · Ross v. Moffitt · 183 Ill. 2d 366 - People v. Coleman
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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“where *** the record is insufficient because it has not been precisely developed for the object of litigating a specific claim of ineffectiveness raised in the circuit court, thereby not allowing both sides to have an opportunity to present evidence thereon, such a claim should be brought on collateral review rather than direct appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“purposely low threshold for survival because most petitions are drafted at this stage by defendants with little legal knowledge or training”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“). A postconviction proceeding is civil in nature. People v. Ligon , 239 Ill. 2d 94 , 103, 346 Ill.Dec. 463 , 940 N.E.2d 1067 (2010). The”
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.