Topic: there can be no plain error if there was no error at all . · Go Syfert
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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 63 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from People v. Wilson.

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1 People v. Wilson Anchor
illappct · 2010
green “there can be no plain error if there was no error at all .” 22
2 People v. Nowells
illappct · 2014
green “notice is not necessary when the prior conviction is a required element of the offense, such that only one class of felony conviction is possible for that offense as alleged in the charging instrument.” 11
3 People v. Jackson
illappct · 2002
green “indeed, this court has previously held that an asportation of less than one block and a detention of a few minutes were sufficient to support a separate kidnaping conviction.” 6
4 People v. Quintana
illappct · 2002
green “in order for the asportation or detention to be inherent in a separate offense, it must constitute an element of that offense.” 6
5 People v. Nowells
illappct · 2014
green “section 111-3(c) notice provision does not apply in the instant case because the state did not seek to enhance the defendant's sentence; as alleged in the indictment, defendant's class 2 sentence was the only statutorily allowed sentence available in this situation.” 6
6 People v. McCarter
illappct · 2011
green “because the defendant's challenge is directed at the quantum of evidence presented against him, the correct standard of review is that which applies to the sufficiency of the evidence challenge.” 6
7 People v. McCarter
illappct · 2011
green “when a defendant challenges incriminating inferences that may have been drawn by the trier of fact from the evidence, the challenge constitutes a claim against the sufficiency of the evidence.” 6

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