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241 Ill. 2d 139 - People v. Comage’s Empirical Analysis

2011

Citation profile

57
cited by 57 later decisions
4
states following
February 2026
most recently cited

54 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Doyle v. Ohio · 235 Ill. 2d 1 - Landis v. Marc Realty, L.L.C. · 228 Ill. 2d 1 - Orlak v. Loyola University Health System · 231 Ill. 2d 324 - Abruzzo v. City of Park Ridge · 72 Ill. 2d 282 - People v. Mulcahey

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

  1. “The cardinal rule of statutory construction is to ascertain and give effect to the legislature's intent. [Citation.]”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “Whether the defendant briefly hides evidence on a rooftop or in his mouth, if the police perceive the act of concealment and could immediately retrieve the evidence, the defendant has failed to ‘suppress’ the evidence”); Vigue v. State, 987 P.2d 204, 206 (Alaska Ct.App.1999) (noting that courts addressing issue of whether defendant who drops or tosses contraband away when detained by police”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “The legislature's intent is best indicated by giving the statutory language its plain and ordinary meaning.”
    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.