39 Ill. 2d 101 - The People v. Post’s Empirical Analysis

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21 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The shooting of a .22 caliber pistol toward the ground is not per se reckless and is not such an act as would likely cause death or bodily harm to a person some distance away. Firing into the ground or into the air to frighten a marauder in order to keep him from returning is not, in our opinion, such a reckless act as to justify conviction of involuntary manslaughter.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Murray v. State

2. ““While action of this young householder was not necessarily the exercise of best judgment, the protection of his family by firing a shot from a target pistol to frighten and discourage the return of a prowler is understandable. He could not reasonably foresee that his act was likely to result in serious injury or death.” Post, 39 Ill. 2d at 106 , 233 N.E.2d at 568 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 174 Ill. App. 3d 463 - People v. Harvey

3. “A person who kills an individual without lawful justification commits involuntary manslaughter if his acts whether lawful or unlawful which cause the death are such as are likely to cause death or great bodily harm to some individual, and he performs them recklessly.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2 Ill. App. 3d 507 - People v. Rodgers