8 Illinois opinions name it 1 courts 1980–2025 2 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. Boydgreen1 sentence2022App. 3d 1027, 1039 , 845 N.E.2d 921, 932 (2006) (reversing the defendant’s convictions where defense counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to seek discharge based on a speedy-trial violation). - 21 - | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Illinois. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Strickland v. Washington
green
2 sentences2000Claims of ineffective assistance are judged under the standards set forth in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687-94 , 80 L. 2000Claims of ineffective assistance are judged under the standards set forth in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687-94 , 80 L. | 2 | 2000–2000 |
Michael E. Valentine v. Khelleh Konteh, Warden
green
1 sentence2025Id. at 634 . | 1 | 2025–2025 |
People v. Bell
green
1 sentence2015Bell, 2013 IL App (3d) 120328, ¶ 9 . ¶ 15 The court in Bell held that the indictment was not required to show compliance with section 112-2. | 1 | 2015–2015 |
People v. Sparks
green
1 sentence2000Acquittal is not the action of a jury so disposed." (Emphasis in original.) Op. at 273, 247 Ill. | 1 | 2000–2000 |
The People v. Montgomery
green
1 sentence1993Although the jury was only informed of the date of the convictions and the fact that they were convictions for felonies, defendant nevertheless argues that the mere mention of the convictions was error because (1) their probative value was substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice; and (2) as to the 13-year-old conviction, the State failed to offer any evidence demonstrating that less than 10 years had elapsed between the date of conviction or release of defendant from confinement, whichever is later, and the date of trial, as mandated by our supreme court in People v. Montgom | 1 | 1993–1993 |
United States v. Hale
green
2 sentences1980We further note that, in addition to the above equation and the potential for prejudice in cases of this nature (see United States v. Hale (1975), 422 U.S. 171, 180 , 45 L.Ed.2d 99, 107 , 95 S.Ct. 2133, 2138 ), the convictions at bar were obtained by use of an inference based on circumstantial evidence. 1980Ed. 2d 99,107 , 95 S. Ct. 2133, 2138 ), the convictions at bar were obtained by use of an inference based on circumstantial evidence. | 1 | 1980–1980 |
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.