51 Ill. 2d 471 - People v. Armstrong’s Empirical Analysis

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108 state decisions

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

1. ““ 9 9 9 As was stated in People v. Wright (1962), 24 Ill. 2d 88, 92 , ‘The burden of proving that a confession is voluntary is one which the State must assume when the admissibility of a confession is questioned on the grounds that it was coerced. Only by producing all material witnesses connected with the controverted confession can the State discharge this burden. (People v. Dale, 20 Ill. 2d 532 .) In an unbroken line of cases originating with People v. Rogers, 303 Ill. 578 , this court has enforced this rule. [Citing 14 cases.] 9 9 ” People v. Armstrong, 51 Ill. 2d 471, 476 , 282 N.E.2d 712, 715 ; see also People v. Delk, 36 Ill. App. 3d 1027 , 345 N.E.2d 197 (5th Dist. 1976).”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Adams v. State · Maxfield v. State

2. “This court has consistently held that when the voluntary nature of a confession is brought into question by a motion to suppress, the State must produce all material witnesses connected with the taking of the statements or explain their absence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 61 Ill. 2d 383 - People v. Lamb

3. ““[T]he persons who must be called as witnesses or whose absence must be explained are those persons whose testimony would be material on the issue of the voluntary nature of the confession.” People v. Sims (1961), 21 Ill. 2d 425, 432 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 193 Ill. App. 3d 493 - People v. Marshall