Hill instruction in Illinois

2018After all, the Hill inquiry "focuses on a defendant's decisionmaking, which may not turn solely on the likelihood of conviction after trial." Id. at ----, 137 S.Ct. at 1966 .

2018After all, the Hill inquiry "focuses on a defendant's decisionmaking, which may not turn solely on the likelihood of conviction after trial." Id. at ----, 137 S.Ct. at 1966 .

2023Hill, 2020 IL 124595, ¶ 15 .

2020An inference that the GLAA “either explicitly or implicitly” (Adcock, 164 Ill. 2d at 64 ) agreed to do its part to further those objectives—perhaps through the understood offer of future employment—is wholly justifiable.

2017Reaffirming the Hill standard for guilty-plea cases, the Court explained that "when a defendant claims that his counsel's deficient performance deprived him of a trial by causing him to accept a plea, the defendant can show prejudice by demonstrating a 'reasonable probability that, but for counsel's errors, he would not have pleaded guilty and would have insisted on going to trial.' " Lee , 582 U.S. at ----, 137 S.Ct. at 1965 (quoting Hill , 474 U.S. at 59 , 106 S.Ct. 366 ). ¶ 34 Especially relevant to this case, Lee distinguished an ineffective assistance claim involving a matter of trial str

2017Reaffirming the Hill standard for guilty-plea cases, the Court explained that "when a defendant claims that his counsel's deficient performance deprived him of a trial by causing him to accept a plea, the defendant can show prejudice by demonstrating a 'reasonable probability that, but for counsel's errors, he would not have pleaded guilty and would have insisted on going to trial.' " Lee , 582 U.S. at ----, 137 S.Ct. at 1965 (quoting Hill , 474 U.S. at 59 , 106 S.Ct. 366 ). ¶ 34 Especially relevant to this case, Lee distinguished an ineffective assistance claim involving a matter of trial str

2002For the reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion in People v. Jackson, 199 Ill. 2d 286 (2002), Hill’s plea of guilty does not foreclose him raising that issue.

2002For the reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion in People v. Jackson, 199 Ill.2d 286 , 263 Ill.Dec. 819 , 769 N.E.2d 21 (2002), Hill's plea of guilty does not foreclose him raising that issue.

1985The words “may infer” in the instruction are not “cast in the language of command,” as was the improper instruction on a permissive presumption in Francis v. Franklin (1985), 471 U.S._, 85 L.

1985The words “may infer” in the instruction are not “cast in the language of command,” as was the improper instruction on a permissive presumption in Francis v. Franklin (1985), 471 U.S._, 85 L.

1985As it was phrased here, it stated: “If the jury finds that a defendant voluntarily attached himself to a group bent on illegal acts with knowledge of its design, then the jury may infer that he shared a common purpose with that group.” As the name given the instruction implies, it had its origin in the case of People v. Hill (1968), 39 Ill. 2d 125 , 233 N.E.2d 367 , where the court held that the giving of the instruction was proper there even though the jury had also been given an instruction defining accountability in the language of the statute.

1985As it was phrased here, it stated: “If the jury finds that a defendant voluntarily attached himself to a group bent on illegal acts with knowledge of its design, then the jury may infer that he shared a common purpose with that group.” As the name given the instruction implies, it had its origin in the case of People v. Hill (1968), 39 Ill. 2d 125 , 233 N.E.2d 367 , where the court held that the giving of the instruction was proper there even though the jury had also been given an instruction defining accountability in the language of the statute.

1985In People v. Ruiz (1982), 94 Ill. 2d 245 , 447 N.E.2d 148 , the supreme court approved the existence of the Hill inference, citing language from People v. Rybka (1959), 16 Ill. 2d 394, 405 , 158 N.E.2d 17, 22 , upon which the Hill instruction was framed.

1985In People v. Ruiz (1982), 94 Ill. 2d 245 , 447 N.E.2d 148 , the supreme court approved the existence of the Hill inference, citing language from People v. Rybka (1959), 16 Ill. 2d 394, 405 , 158 N.E.2d 17, 22 , upon which the Hill instruction was framed.

1985In People v. Ruiz (1982), 94 Ill. 2d 245 , 447 N.E.2d 148 , the supreme court approved the existence of the Hill inference, citing language from People v. Rybka (1959), 16 Ill. 2d 394, 405 , 158 N.E.2d 17, 22 , upon which the Hill instruction was framed.

1985In People v. Ruiz (1982), 94 Ill. 2d 245 , 447 N.E.2d 148 , the supreme court approved the existence of the Hill inference, citing language from People v. Rybka (1959), 16 Ill. 2d 394, 405 , 158 N.E.2d 17, 22 , upon which the Hill instruction was framed.

1985Their theory is obtained from the relatively recent decisions in County Court of Ulster County v. Allen (1979), 442 U.S. 140 , 60 L.

1985Their theory is obtained from the relatively recent decisions in County Court of Ulster County v. Allen (1979), 442 U.S. 140 , 60 L.