331 Ill. App. 3d 486 - People v. Botruff’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. ““I think in order for Mr. Botruff to be independently [evaluated] there must be at least some basis for the Court to order such an independent [evaluation] other than just that he would like to be [evaluated] by another party; that there is something in the report of the [expert] that indicates to me he is perhaps somehow biased or skewed or not accurately reporting the results of the examination, or that there are some other factors that the [expert] has not considered in the report.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 212 Ill. 2d 166 - People v. Botruff

2. ““At the time of a reexamination under this Section, the person who has been committed may retain or, if he or she is indigent and so requests, the court may appoint a qualified expert or a professional person to examine him or her.” (Emphases added.) 725 ILCS 207/55(a) (West 2000).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 212 Ill. 2d 166 - People v. Botruff