82 Ill. 2d 268 - People v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
876 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 876 later decisions — most recently January 2026 · most notably 88 Ill. 2d 482 - People v. La Pointe (1982), State v. Roth (1984)
876 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 68 Ill. 2d 149 - People v. Perruquet · 61 Ill. 2d 583 - People v. Bolyard · 54 Ill. 2d 552 - People Ex Rel. Ward v. Moran · 69 Ill. 2d 252 - People v. Jackson · 71 Ill. App. 3d 267 - People v. Choate
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 876 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(1) his imprisonment or periodic imprisonment is necessary for the protection of the public; or (2) probation or conditional discharge would deprecate the seriousness of the offender’s conduct and would be inconsistent with the ends of justice.””
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[T]he trial judge is normally in a better position to determine the punishment to be imposed than the courts of review. [Citations.] A reasoned judgment as to the proper sentence to be imposed *** depends upon many factors, including the defendant’s credibility, demeanor, general moral character, mentality, social environment, habits, and age. [Citation.] The trial judge, in the course of the *** sentencing hearing, has an opportunity to consider these factors ‘which is superior to that afforded by the cold record in this court.’ ” 68 Ill. 2d at 154 , 368 N.E.2d at 884 , quoting People v. Morgan (1974), 59 Ill. 2d 276, 282 , 319 N.E.2d 764, 768 .”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. Pace · People v. Gold“where a rule of this court on a matter within the court's authority and a statute on the same subject conflict, the rule will prevail”
4 later decisions 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.