The People v. Euctice’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

38 state decisions

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

1. ““Defendants argue that they were not guilty of carrying concealed weapons for the reason that there is no evidence to show the weapons were concealed; that, on the contrary, they were in full view of the officers when the officers opened the door. People v. Niemoth, 322 Ill. 51 , is not controlling here. In that case we said, among other things, that there must be proof that a firearm is carried in such a manner as to give no notice of its presence. However, in that case the defendant was in the front seat of the car and the gun was on the floor of the rear seat. The decision there was based on the fact that the gun was not in such proximity to the accused as to be within easy reach and under his control. The statute does not mean that the firearm shall be carried in such manner as to give absolutely no notice of its presence, It merely requires that the firearm shall be concealed from ordinary observation * * (Emphasis ours.)”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 5 Ill. App. 3d 1100 - People v. Latson · 14 Ill. App. 3d 375 - People v. Colson