29 Ill. App. 3d 202 - People v. Bratcher’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
October 1979
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 37 Ill. 2d 205 - The PEOPLE v. Isaacs · 50 Ill. 2d 280 - People v. Allen · 53 Ill. 2d 79 - People v. Hanson
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A person is justified in the use of force when and to the extent that he reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend himself against the imminent use of unlawful force.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.