399 Ill. App. 3d 1160 - People v. TRACEWSKI’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
January 2026
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Crawford v. Washington · Douglas v. Alabama · Delaware v. Fensterer · United States v. Owens · 233 Ill. 2d 89 - People v. Sutton
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The confrontation clause guarantees an opportunity for effective cross-examination, not cross-examination that is effective in whatever way, and to whatever extent, the defense might wish.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Martin“`a gap in the witness' recollection concerning the content of a prior statement does not necessarily preclude an opportunity for effective cross-examination'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“govern the question of whether a witness `has appeared for cross-examination' within the meaning of the confrontation clause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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