54 Ill. 2d 165 - People v. Hendrix’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

63 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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““No person shall be held to answer for a crime punishable by death or by imprisonment in the penitentiary unless either the initial charge has been brought by indictment of a grand jury or the person has been given a prompt preliminary hearing to establish probable cause.””

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 46 Ill. App. 3d 420 - People v. Kuelper · People v. Williams

2. ““The second paragraph of section 7 does not provide a grant of immunity from prosecution as a sanction for its violation. Nor would an interpretation make sense which required the dismissal of the present indictment and the discharge of the defendant, to be followed by his reindictment and rearrest under a new indictment.””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 16 Ill. App. 3d 989 - People v. Howell · People v. Williams

3. ““If the defendant was to be prosecuted for the offense, he had to be indicted. Without an indictment he could never have been “held to answer,’ or brought to trial, and the assertion of the public defender, acquiesced in by the trial judge, that the State violated the constitution by indicting the defendant, is patently unsound.” 54 Ill.2d 165, 169 , 295 N.E.2d 724, 726 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 28 Ill. App. 3d 1085 - People v. Moore