72 Ill. 2d 515 - People v. Creque’s Empirical Analysis

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77 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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A defendant may not challenge an indictment on the ground that it is not supported by adequate evidence. (People v. Jones (1960), 19 Ill. 2d 37 .) Guilt or innocence is to be determined at trial.” 72 Ill. 2d 515, 527 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 72 Ill. App. 3d 1027 - People v. Rivera · 69 Ill. App. 3d 663 - People v. Grew

2. ““In our opinion the language of the constitutional provision, as well as the history of its evolution, negates any thought that its purpose was to attach finality to a finding of no probable cause, or to establish mutually exclusive procedures so that grand jury proceedings would be barred if an accused had been discharged upon preliminary hearing.” (Creque, at 526.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 68 Ill. App. 3d 1021 - People v. Clerk

3. “While in cases such as this there is some temptation to transform the grand jury proceedings into a 'kind of preliminary trial' ( Costello v. United States [ 350 U.S. 359 , 363, 76 S.Ct. 406 , 100 L.Ed. 397 (1956) ] ), the most important protection for the accused in our system of law is a fair trial itself.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Rebollar-Vergara