78 Ill. App. 2d 356 - People v. Paluch’s Empirical Analysis

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32 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘[I]n order to constitute an attempt, it is not requisite that the act of the defendant is necessarily the last deed immediately preceding that which would render the substantive crime complete.’ (People v. Paluch, 78 Ill. App. 2d 356, 358 , 222 N.E.2d 508, 509 .)””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Holmes · 52 Ill. App. 3d 343 - People v. Lawson

2. ““Two elements must be present to constitute an attempt: (1) an intent to commit a specific offense, and (2) an act which is a substantial step towards it commission.” People v. Paluch (1966), 78 Ill. App. 2d 356, 358 , 222 N.E.2d 508, 509 .”

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

3. “* * * intention and overt act may all be present without amounting to a criminal attempt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 99 Ill. 2d 427 - People v. Terrell