39 Ill. 2d 318 - The People v. Ford’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
92 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 95 later decisions — most recently November 2017 · most notably 41 Ill. 2d 177 - The People v. Speck (1968), 67 Ill. 2d 544 - In Re Stephenson (1977)
92 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 35 Ill. 2d 311 - The People v. Myers · 38 Ill. 2d 165 - The People v. Georgev · 16 Ill. 2d 459 - The People v. Stanton · 36 Ill. 2d 194 - The People v. Williams · 31 Ill. 2d 130 - The People v. Muniz
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 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * the question of insanity is one for the jury to decide [citation], and we will not disturb the jury’s finding unless it is so manifestly against the weight of the evidence as to indicate the verdict was based on passion or prejudice.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““(a) A person is not criminally responsible for conduct if at the time of such conduct, as a result of mental disease or mental defect, he lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirement of law. (b) The terms ‘mental disease or mental defect’ do not include an abnormality manifested only by repeated criminal or otherwise antisocial conduct.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““There is sufficient evidence in the record from which a jury could find that defendant was responsible within the meaning of section 6 — 2(a) of the Code at the time of the offense.” 39 Ill. 2d 318, 322 .”
1 later decision 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.