265 Ill. App. 3d 129 - People v. Britt’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably 166 Ill. 2d 247 - People v. Coleman (1995), 312 Ill. App. 3d 620 - People v. Nutall (2000)
36 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Batson v. Kentucky · Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Blockburger v. United States · North Carolina v. Pearce · Wainwright v. Witt
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"[T]he conduct underlying defendant’s conviction for attempt (robbery) is also sufficiently separate from that underlying the aggravated arson conviction to support the imposition of an extended-term sentence. After entering the house, defendant threatened to set Mrs. Johnson on fire unless Mr. Johnson gave him some money. This act formed the basis of defendant’s attempt (robbery) conviction. Shortly thereafter, defendant set the fires that ultimately burned the house and killed the Johnsons. While these two courses of conduct were in close proximity, they were distinct, and defendant’s conviction of aggravated arson does not preclude the imposition of an extended-term sentence *** for attempt (robbery).” Britt, 265 Ill. App. 3d at 153 , 638 N.E.2d at 299 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“the trial court enjoys wide latitude in limiting the cross-examination of a witness to prevent repetitive or minimally relevant questioning, harassment, prejudice, or confusion of the issues.” Britt, 265 Ill. App. 3d at 146 , 638 N.E.2d at 294 . Thus, when a defendant claims that his cross-examination of a witness was unduly restricted,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. Greer“a defendant does not possess the unbridled authority to question a witness.” Britt, 265 Ill. App. 3d at 145 , 638 N.E.2d at 294 . Indeed, a defendant should have the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. Greer
How this case has been treated — in progress
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