96 Ill. App. 3d 431 - People v. Rodriguez’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. ““Very slight evidence upon a given theory will justify an instruction. People v. Bratcher (1976), 63 Ill. 2d 534 , 349 N.E.2d 52 ; People v. Harris. *** We recognize that the victim and an apparently disinterested witness testified that the victim was brutally beaten by the defendants and Nuncci without provocation and that a jury would not be likely to accept the defendants’ diametrically opposed version of the events. However, the credibility of the witnesses can only be resolved by the jury, not by the trial court. (People v. Dowdy (1974), 21 Ill. App. 3d 821 , 316 N.E.2d 33 .) The defendants were entitled to their theory of defense even if the trial judge believed that the evidence offered in support of that defense was inconsistent or of doubtful credibility. People v. Woodward (1979), 77 Ill. App. 3d 352 , 395 N.E.2d 1203 . *** A defendant is entitled to the benefit of any defense shown by the evidence, even if the facts on which such defense is based are inconsistent with the defendant’s own testimony. People v. Bratcher; People v. Woodward.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 164 Ill. App. 3d 99 - People v. Williams

2. “even if the trial court believes that the evidence offered in support of that defense is inconsistent or of doubtful credibility.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 343 Ill. App. 3d 927 - People v. Blue