76 Ill. App. 3d 427 - People v. Eagle’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
August 1993
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Griffin v. California · Barrett v. United States · 52 Ill. 2d 374 - People v. Clark · 66 Ill. 2d 317 - People v. Monroe · Lego v. Twomey
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘[I]t is our conclusion that though failure to call a witness or produce evidence may not be relied on as substantial proof of the charge, nonetheless, if other evidence tends to prove the guilt of a defendant and he fails to bring in evidence within his control in explanation or refutation, his omission to do so is a circumstance entitled to some weight in the minds of the jury, and, as such, is a legitimate subject of comment by the prosecution.’ ” (Eagle, 76 Ill. App. 3d at 435 , quoting People v. Williams (1968), 40 Ill. 2d 522, 529 , 240 N.E.2d 645 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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