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8 Illinois opinions name it 2 courts 1896–2025 5 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. Khangreen2 sentences2025See People v. Khan, 2021 IL App (1st) 190679, ¶ 69 (noting that “the fact that defendant had a poor defense to the charges does not mean that defendant failed to understand the nature of the charges against him”). 2023See Khan, 2021 IL App (1st) 190679, ¶ 69 (“[T]he fact that defendant had a poor defense to the charges does not mean that defendant failed to understand the nature of the charges against him.”). | 3 | 3 |
People v. McNuttgreen1 sentence2025For example, in McNutt, 2020 IL App (1st) 173030, ¶ 91, ¶ 102 , we held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding that defendant was competent to represent himself where there was no evidence he suffered from mental illness and he performed basic tasks necessary for his defense. | 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. Perkins
green
1 sentence2021However, the fact that defendant had a poor defense to the charges does not mean that defendant failed to understand the nature of the charges against him. - 20 - ¶ 70 The case at bar bears no resemblance to People v. Perkins, 2018 IL App (1st) 133981 , a case relied on by defendant. | 1 | 2021–2021 |
People v. Sanders
neutral
2 sentences1974In People v. Sanders, 6 Ill.App.3d 820 , 286 N.E.2d 785 , the defendant was charged with murder, attempted murder and armed robbery. 1974In People v. Sanders, 6 Ill.App.3d 820 , 286 N.E.2d 785 , the defendant was charged with murder, attempted murder and armed robbery. | 1 | 1974–1974 |
State v. Baird
green
2 sentences1974As has often been said, “It is a poor rule which does not work both ways” ’.” Our court stated unequivocably that where inconsistent verdicts of guilty were returned on separate indictments or separate counts of a single indictment, a reversal and a new trial must follow, and quoted with approval at page 362 from State v. Baird, 93 P.2d 409, 412 , as follows: “‘In law there is no inconsistency in verdicts of acquittal and conviction upon charges of crimes composed of different elements, arising out of the same set of facts.’” Our supreme court then concluded that the verdicts there were legall 1974As has often been said, "It is a poor rule which does not work both ways"'." Our court stated unequivocably that where inconsistent verdicts of guilty were returned on separate indictments or separate counts of a single indictment, a reversal and a new trial must follow, and quoted with approval at page 362 from State v. Baird, 93 P.2d 409, 412 , as follows: "`In law there is no inconsistency in verdicts of acquittal and conviction upon charges of crimes composed of different elements, arising out of the same set of facts.'" Our supreme court then concluded that the *160 verdicts there were le | 1 | 1974–1974 |
People v. Turner
neutral
1 sentence1970(E.g., Tobin v. People, 104 Ill. 565 — larceny and receiving stolen property; People v. Turner, 256 Ill. | 1 | 1970–1970 |
Tobin v. People
green
1 sentence1970(E.g., Tobin v. People, 104 Ill. 565 — larceny and receiving stolen property; People v. Turner, 256 Ill. | 1 | 1970–1970 |
Roby v. City of Chicago
neutral
1 sentence1896The Supreme Court of this State, in the case of Roby v. City of Chicago, 48 Ill. 130 , said: “ It matters not how minute the fraction sold may be, though only the millionth part of the entire lot, as was the case here in regard to one lot, the city, by selling that fraction, has recognized it as a distinct and divisible portion of the whole lot, and has received the purchaser’s money therefor, and it would be the most flagrant injustice to permit it, having done all this, to turn around the next year upon the purchaser and refuse him the poor privilege of paying taxes on property itself has so | 1 | 1896–1896 |
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.