241 Ill. 2d 1 - People v. Beauchamp’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
149
cited by 149 later decisions
4
states following
May 2025
most recently cited
139 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · 106 Ill. 2d 237 - People v. Collins · 226 Ill. 2d 92 - People v. Wheeler · 212 Ill. 2d 274 - People v. Cunningham · 185 Ill. 2d 532 - People v. Smith
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 149 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[O]ur function is not to retry the defendant.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“As a reviewing court, '[w]e will not reverse a conviction unless the evidence is so improbable, unsatisfactory, or inconclusive that it creates a reasonable doubt of defendant's guilt.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. People v. Anderson
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.