7 Ill. App. 3d 60 - People v. Howze’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Applications for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence are not favored, and in order to prevent, so far as possible, fraud and imposition which defeated parties may be tempted to practice, such application should be subjected to closest scrutiny, the burden being on the applicant to rebut the presumption that the verdict is correct and to show there has been no lack of diligence, and the exercise of discretion in denying such application will not be disturbed except in case of manifest abuse.” ( 7 Ill. App. 3d 60, 68-69 , 286 N.E.2d 507, 513 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 37 Ill. App. 3d 495 - People v. Starr

2. ““The heart of the holding in Bmdy is the prosecution’s suppression of evidence, in the face of a defense production request, where the evidence is favorable to the accused and is material either to guilt or to punishment. Important, then, are (a) suppression by tifie prosecution after a request by the defense, (b) the evidence’s favorable character for the defense, and (c) the materiality of tiie evidence. These are the standards by which the prosecution’s conduct in Moore’s case is to be measured.” (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 21 Ill. App. 3d 970 - People v. Sawyer

3. ““[T]he suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused upon request violates due process where the evidence is material either to guilt or to punishment, irrespective of the good faith or bad faith of the prosecution.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 30 Ill. App. 3d 935 - People v. DeStefano