Dirkans v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is the studied opinion of this Court that the legislature of the State of Illinois in the language of Ill. Rev. Stat., Ch. 37, §439.8(c) intended that a Claimant must prove his innocence of the “fact” of the crime. It was not, we believe, the intention of the General Assembly to open the treasury of the State of Illinois to inmates of its penal institutions by the establishment of their technical or legal innocence of the crimes for which they were imprisoned.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hammond v. State · Dixon v. State

2. ““2. The above cases have been filed, and present diverse factual situations concerning ‘proof of innocence,’ and this Court is unable to determine the legislative intent insofar as ‘the persons imprisoned prove their innocence of the crime for which they were imprisoned.’ 3. The Court, therefore, finds that it is unable to hear and determine such cases without further clarification of the statute by an act of the Legislature. It is, therefore, ordered that all of the above cases be continued generally, without prejudice to either claimants or respondent, pending further action by the Legislature.” ( Dirkans, supra, at 347 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mack v. State

3. “... §8. The Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine the following matters: ...(c) All claims against the State for time unjustly served in prisons of this State where the persons imprisoned prove their innocence of the crime for which they were imprisoned ... provided, the court shall make no award in excess of the following amounts:... for imprisonment of five years or less, not more than $15,000 . ..”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hammond v. State