42 Ill. App. 3d 472 - People v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Unicorn Enterprises, Inc. · 46 Ill. 2d 348 - The People v. Hairston · 3 Ill. 2d 437 - People v. Morris · 46 Ill. 2d 153 - The PEOPLE v. Stepheny · 45 Ill. 2d 491 - The People v. Whittaker
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(w)hile he was prejudiced by the testimony of Ernest Clark ..., it is doubtful, on the basis of the record, that without such testimony the outcome as to A. D. Clark would have been any different.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“by reason of the prior confession by Williams, it does not appear that Williams' case was substantially prejudiced by counsel's alleged incompetence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If you find that the defendants] had exclusive possession of recently stolen property, and there was no reasonable explanation of their possession, you may infer that defendants] obtained possession of the property by burglary.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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