5 Ill. App. 3d 1100 - People v. Latson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 state decisions

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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The power to reduce the punishment imposed by the trial court should be exercised with caution, and this court will not reduce a sentence unless it clearly appears the punishment is a departure from fundamental law, its spirit and purpose, or that the penalty is not proportioned to the nature of the offense. ( People v. Taylor (1965), 33 Ill.2d 417 ; People v. Ramsey (1969), 115 Ill. App.2d 431 .) The sentence rendered in this case is well within the statutory limitation and does not violate the standards set forth above."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 22 Ill. App. 3d 180 - People v. White · 34 Ill. App. 3d 668 - People v. Mask

2. ““The statute does not mean that the firearm shall be carried in such a manner as to give absolutely no notice of its presence. It merely requires that the firearm shall be concealed from ordinary observation. In this case the court was Warranted in finding defendants had been concealing their guns on or about their persons, and that, by dropping them to the floor and kicking them under the rear seat, they were further endeavoring to conceal them.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 14 Ill. App. 3d 375 - People v. Colson