241 Ill. 2d 139 - People v. Comage’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
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.
“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“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 passagee.g. Thornton, Gregory“The legislature's intent is best indicated by giving the statutory language its plain and ordinary meaning.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Macias
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.