397 Ill. App. 3d 232 - People v. Kelly’s Empirical Analysis

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24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As in Pelo , the media intervenors did not have a right to a potential exhibit that had not yet been introduced into evidence; similarly, in the case at bar, the media intervenors did not have a right to discovery, other-crimes evidence, or a list of witnesses, because none of it had been introduced into evidence. Pelo, 384 Ill.App.3d at 782-83 [ 323 Ill.Dec. 648 , 894 N.E.2d at 420 ].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 353 Ill. Dec. 598 - In Re Gee

2. “the subject matter of these proceedings is not one that has been historically open to the public or which have a purpose and function that would be furthered by disclosure.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 353 Ill. Dec. 598 - In Re Gee

3. “capable of repetition yet evading review”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 356 Ill. Dec. 311 - People v. Henderson