358 Ill. Dec. 656 - People v. Spencer’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
March 2022
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Harris v. McRae · District of Columbia v. Heller · McDonald v. City of Chicago
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Knowledge may be proven by evidence of a defendant's acts, declarations or conduct from which it can be inferred he knew the contraband existed in the place where it was found.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Davis“Control is established when a person has the 'intent and capability to maintain control and dominion' over an item, even if he lacks personal present dominion over it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Davis“People v. Ross , 407 Ill. App. 3d 931 , 936, 349 Ill.Dec. 762 , 947 N.E.2d 776 (2011).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Davis
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.