94 Ill. 2d 138 - People v. Boykin’s Empirical Analysis

1983

Citation profile

186

cited by 186 later decisions

states following

July 2019

most recently cited

4 federal appellate · 179 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 186 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably 103 Ill. 2d 266 - In Re Marriage of Logston (1984), 117 Ill. 2d 317 - People v. Shum (1987)

4 federal appellate · 179 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 Phelps Dodge Corp. v. AFL-CIO Joint Negotiating Committee · Alexander v. Virginia · 66 Ill. 2d 136 - Franzese v. Trinko · 89 Ill. 2d 469 - People v. Robinson · 46 Ill. 2d 177 - The People v. Hudson

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

“`The cardinal rule of statutory construction, to which all other canons and rules are subordinate, is to ascertain and give effect to the true intent and meaning of the legislature.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 105 Ill. 2d 191 - Laue v. Leifheit · 133 Ill. App. 3d 380 - Towne v. Cole
““(b) [i]f the court finds that the murder was accompanied by exceptionally brutal or heinous behavior *** or that any of the aggravating factors listed in subsection (b) of Section 9 — 1 *** are present, the court may sentence the defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment, or (c) if the defendant *** is found guilty of murdering more than one victim, the court shall sentence [him] to a term of natural life imprisonment.” (Emphasis added.) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 1005 — 8—1(a)(1).)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 159 Ill. App. 3d 892 - People v. Winchel · 103 Ill. 2d 339 - People v. Singleton
“and where that intent can be ascertained from the language of the statute, it will be given effect without resorting to other aids for construction. [Citations.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. 138 Ill. 2d 487 - In Re Marriage of O'Neill

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.