People v. Finklea’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 67 Ill. 2d 564 - People v. Manion · 53 Ill. 2d 122 - People v. Bell · 16 Ill. 2d 82 - The PEOPLE v. Pride · 53 Ill. 2d 460 - People v. Jones · 25 Ill. 2d 204 - The People v. Guido
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is also undisputed in Illinois that where the identification of the accused is at issue, the testimony of one witness is sufficient to convict, even though such testimony is contradicted by the accused, provided the witness is credible and he viewed the accused under such circumstances as would permit a positive identification to be made. [Citations.]””
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.