359 Ill. App. 3d 918 - People v. Risley’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 82 Ill. 2d 268 - People v. Cox · 193 Ill. 2d 203 - People v. Stacey · 138 Ill. App. 3d 130 - People v. Young · 233 Ill. App. 3d 449 - People v. Turner · 214 Ill. App. 3d 327 - People v. Smith
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he trial court is in the best position to fashion a sentence that strikes an appropriate balance between the goals of protecting society and rehabilitating the defendant.”
2 later decisions 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.