12 Illinois opinions name it 1 courts 1983–2024 4 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 |
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People v. Thomasgreen2 sentences2016People v. Thomas, 364 Ill. 2016People v. Thomas, 364 Ill. | 2 | 2 |
People v. Batchelorgreen2 sentences2000The State counters that defense counsel first raised the issue on direct examination and “opened the door” for the State to pursue the line of questioning on cross-examination as to the reason the victim moved out. “ ‘[T]he omission of a witness to state a particular fact under circumstances rendering it incumbent upon him to, or likely that he would, state such fact, if true, may be shown to discredit his testimony as to such fact.’ ” People v. Batchelor, 202 Ill. 2000The State counters that defense counsel first raised the issue on direct examination and "opened the door" for the State to pursue the line of questioning on cross-examination as to the reason the victim moved out. "'[T]he omission of a witness to state a particular fact under circumstances rendering it incumbent upon him to, or likely that he would, state such fact, if true, may be shown to discredit his testimony as to such fact." People v. Batchelor , 202 Ill. | 2 | 2 |
People v. Harrisgreen1 sentence2024See People v. Harris, 231 Ill. 2d 582, 588 (2008) (explaining that a party can open the door to the admission of otherwise inadmissible evidence when that party would unjustifiably profit from the evidence being excluded). | 1 | 1 |
People v. Robinsongreen1 sentence2024See People v. Robinson, 217 Ill. 2d 43, 62 (2005) (“A reviewing court will not disturb the trial court's decision regarding the admission of evidence at trial absent a clear abuse of discretion.”). | 1 | 1 |
People v. Childsgreen1 sentence2022People v. Childs, 159 Ill. 2d 217, 229 (1994). | 1 | 1 |
The People v. Henrygreen1 sentence2000App. 3d 316, 328 (1990), quoting People v. Henry, 47 Ill. 2d 312, 321 (1970). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Illinois. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
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The People v. Wallenberg
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2 sentences2016The State counters this claim as meritless, arguing that the complained-of comments made during the trial court’s ruling did not constitute the court’s private knowledge. ¶ 52 The relevant comments by the trial court are as follows: “You know, we can all ask every day why a person like [A.C.R.] would stay in a relationship with a person who’s battering them, but I don’t think that, that’s something that she did because - 26 - 1-14-3177 she said she loved him, and it’s not the first time that’s happened, and so I think that it’s completely credible that she stayed because she loved him even tho 2016The State counters this claim as meritless, arguing that the complained-of comments made during the trial court’s ruling did not constitute the court’s private knowledge. ¶ 52 The relevant comments by the trial court are as follows: “You know, we can all ask every day why a person like [A.C.R.] would stay in a relationship with a person who’s battering them, but I don’t think that, that’s something that she did because she said she loved him, and it’s not the first time that’s happened, and so I think that it’s completely credible that she stayed because she loved him even though he continued | 2 | 2016–2016 |
People v. Klingenberg
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2 sentences2003There, the supreme court overruled its decision in People v. Klingenberg, 172 Ill. 2d 270 , 665 N.E.2d 1370 (1996), in which the court held that legally inconsistent verdicts acquitting defendant of one offense and convicting him of another must be reversed. 2003There, the supreme court overruled its decision in People v. Klingenberg, 172 Ill. 2d 270 , 665 N.E.2d 1370 (1996), in which the court held that legally inconsistent verdicts acquitting defendant of one offense and convicting him of another must be reversed. | 2 | 2003–2003 |
Strickland v. Washington
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1 sentence2024Further, the State argues that Lindsey is mistaken that the trial was “devoid of all meaningful adversarial testing,” where defense counsel was prepared for trial and cross-examined the State’s witnesses in great detail. -9- No. 1-22-0674 ¶ 24 Ineffective assistance of counsel claims are resolved pursuant to the standard set forth in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984). | 1 | 2024–2024 |
People v. Jones
green
1 sentence2003The State counters that the doctrine of inconsistent verdicts is inapplicable to the present case under People v. Jones, 207 Ill. 2d 122 (2003) (Jones). | 1 | 2003–2003 |
People v. Early
green
1 sentence1992Citing People v. Early (1987), 158 Ill. | 1 | 1992–1992 |
People v. Hudson
green
1 sentence1983App. 3d 333 , 287 N.E.2d 297 (testimony that defendant’s fingerprints were on file with the Illinois Bureau of Investigation).) The State counters that the defense counsel’s cross-examination, in which Armstrong stated that the defendant did not want to speak in front of his uncle, invited the State to pursue the matter further. | 1 | 1983–1983 |
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.