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19 Illinois opinions name it 1 courts 2007–2025 10 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Illinois courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
People v. Edwardsgreen2 sentences2025People v. Watson, 2022 IL App (1st) 192182, ¶¶ 30-34 . ¶ 19 On petitioner’s side of the ledger, there are the familiar principles that a pro se petition is to be liberally construed—and need only the state the “gist” of a claim, which is “something less than a completely pled or fully stated claim.” People v. Edwards, 197 Ill. 2d 239, 245 (2001). -5- And since a “pro se defendant *** will, in all likelihood, be unaware of the precise legal basis for his claim or all the legal elements of that claim,” “a pro se petition is not required to include legal argument or citation to legal authority.” 2025People v. Watson, 2022 IL App (1st) 192182, ¶¶ 30-34 . ¶ 19 On petitioner’s side of the ledger, there are the familiar principles that a pro se petition is to be liberally construed—and need only the state the “gist” of a claim, which is “something less than a completely pled or fully stated claim.” People v. Edwards, 197 Ill. 2d 239, 245 (2001). -5- And since a “pro se defendant *** will, in all likelihood, be unaware of the precise legal basis for his claim or all the legal elements of that claim,” “a pro se petition is not required to include legal argument or citation to legal authority.” | 10 | 18 |
People v. Browngreen1 sentence2025People v. Watson, 2022 IL App (1st) 192182, ¶¶ 30-34 . ¶ 19 On petitioner’s side of the ledger, there are the familiar principles that a pro se petition is to be liberally construed—and need only the state the “gist” of a claim, which is “something less than a completely pled or fully stated claim.” People v. Edwards, 197 Ill. 2d 239, 245 (2001). -5- And since a “pro se defendant *** will, in all likelihood, be unaware of the precise legal basis for his claim or all the legal elements of that claim,” “a pro se petition is not required to include legal argument or citation to legal authority.” | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Illinois. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
People v. Watson
green
1 sentence2025People v. Watson, 2022 IL App (1st) 192182, ¶¶ 30-34 . ¶ 19 On petitioner’s side of the ledger, there are the familiar principles that a pro se petition is to be liberally construed—and need only the state the “gist” of a claim, which is “something less than a completely pled or fully stated claim.” People v. Edwards, 197 Ill. 2d 239, 245 (2001). -5- And since a “pro se defendant *** will, in all likelihood, be unaware of the precise legal basis for his claim or all the legal elements of that claim,” “a pro se petition is not required to include legal argument or citation to legal authority.” | 1 | 2025–2025 |
People v. Hodges
green
2 sentences2023Our supreme court stated that the State’s construction of the petition was “inconsistent with the requirement that a pro se petition be given a liberal construction.” Id. 2023“It is well established that ‘claims not raised in a petition cannot be argued for the first time on appeal.’ [Citation.] However, as stated above, our supreme court expressed concern that pro se petitions should be given a liberal construction and should be reviewed ‘ “with a lenient eye, allowing borderline cases to proceed.” ’ [Citations.] ‘While in a given case the pro se defendant may be aware of all the facts pertaining to his claim, he will, in all likelihood, be unaware of the precise legal basis for his claim or all the legal elements of that claim.’ [Citation.] It is for this reason | 1 | 2023–2023 |
People v. Myers
green
1 sentence2023“It is well established that ‘claims not raised in a petition cannot be argued for the first time on appeal.’ [Citation.] However, as stated above, our supreme court expressed concern that pro se petitions should be given a liberal construction and should be reviewed ‘ “with a lenient eye, allowing borderline cases to proceed.” ’ [Citations.] ‘While in a given case the pro se defendant may be aware of all the facts pertaining to his claim, he will, in all likelihood, be unaware of the precise legal basis for his claim or all the legal elements of that claim.’ [Citation.] It is for this reason | 1 | 2023–2023 |
People v. Mars
green
1 sentence2020Mars, 2012 IL App (2d) 110695, ¶ 32 . ¶ 46 We find support for this conclusion in the case of People v. Thomas, 2014 IL App (2d) 121001 . | 1 | 2020–2020 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.