407 Ill. App. 3d 151 - People v. Wilcox’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
23
cited by 23 later decisions
2
states following
January 2026
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chambers v. Mississippi · Allen v. United States · 225 Ill. 2d 551 - People v. Piatkowski · 53 Ill. 2d 62 - People v. Prim · 185 Ill. 2d 532 - People v. Smith
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] trial court may exercise its discretion to exclude evidence, even when it is relevant[,] if its prejudicial effect substantially outweighs its probative value.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'Evidence is relevant if it tends to prove a fact in controversy or render a matter in issue more or less probable.”
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.