Ferguson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 1986
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Poindexter v. State · Manlove v. State · 28 Ill. 2d 355 - The People v. Galloway · Ruetz v. State · 23 Ill. 2d 360 - The People v. Jackson
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"I. Whether the evidence was sufficient to support the conclusion that Ferguson was in constructive possession of heroin? Whether Ferguson was denied effective assistance of trial counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution?"”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ferguson v. State
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.