People v. Peterson

Decided September 21, 2017. Mary Jane Theis wrote the opinion for the court.

2017 IL 120331 · Cited 233 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• People v. Gacy · 530 N.E.2d 1340
• People v. Hanson · 939 N.E.2d 238
• Kunkel v. Walton · 689 N.E.2d 1047
• People v. Stechly · 870 N.E.2d 333
• People v. Sutton · 908 N.E.2d 50
• People v. Deleon · 882 N.E.2d 999
• People v. Hopkins · 922 N.E.2d 1042
• People v. Brenda T. · 212 Ill. 2d 347
• Best v. Taylor MacHine Works · 689 N.E.2d 1057
• People v. Patterson · 841 N.E.2d 889
• People v. Spreitzer · 525 N.E.2d 30
• People v. Rolandis G. · 902 N.E.2d 600
• People v. Walker · 519 N.E.2d 890
• People v. West · 719 N.E.2d 664
• People v. Becker · 239 Ill. 2d 215
• People v. Hernandez · 896 N.E.2d 297
• People v. Albanese · 473 N.E.2d 1246
• People v. Donoho · 788 N.E.2d 707
• People v. Cox · 412 N.E.2d 541
• People v. Maggette · 747 N.E.2d 339
• People v. Patterson · 735 N.E.2d 616
• Best v. Best · 860 N.E.2d 240
• People v. McCarty · 858 N.E.2d 15
• People v. Olivera · 647 N.E.2d 926
• People v. Gionis · 892 P.2d 1199

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• People v. Rodriguez · 2018 IL App (1st) 160030
• People v. Talbert · 2018 IL App (1st) 160157
• People v. Robinson · 2017 IL App (1st) 161595
• Perry v. Department of Financial and Professional Regulation · 2018 IL 122349

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