77 Ill. App. 3d 577 - People v. Newell’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 74 Ill. 2d 329 - People v. Vriner · 63 Ill. 2d 1 - People v. Mayberry · 41 Ill. App. 3d 261 - People v. Kline · 46 Ill. App. 3d 691 - People v. Calhoun · 63 Ill. App. 3d 542 - People v. McCord
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Defendant's reliance on the reduction in the weight of the plants after they were dried and the roots removed is misplaced. . . . Furthermore, the court concluded that the State may determine the weight of the contraband based upon its condition at the time it was seized. "We conclude that the State is not required to process and condense the seized material to minimize the weight of the contraband and it may rely on its weight at the time it is impressed."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“bear the burden of proving that the defendant possessed more than 500 grams of cannabis without the weight of the mature stalks.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“the jury was entitled to consider the weight of 600 grams obtained by the deputy sheriff when arriving at its decision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.