People v. Lacy’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
67
cited by 67 later decisions
1
states following
March 2026
most recently cited
62 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Neil v. Biggers · Manson v. Brathwaite · 104 Ill. 2d 504 - People v. Albanese · 183 Ill. 2d 366 - People v. Coleman
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] reasonable probability that the result would have been different is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome--or put another way, that counsel's deficient performance rendered the result of [the proceedings] unreliable or fundamentally unfair.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Evans, 209 Ill. 2d at 220 ; Colon, 225 Ill. 2d at 135 . In other words, the defendant was prejudiced by his attorney's performance. People v. Lacy, 407 Ill. App. 3d 442, 457 (2011). ¶ 73 To prevail, the defendant must satisfy both prongs of the Strickland test. Colon, 225 Ill. 2d at 135 ; Evans, 209 Ill. 2d at 220 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Carlisle
How this case has been treated — in progress
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