State Supreme Court / Ill.

People v. Silagy

Decided February 22, 1984. Daniel P. Ward wrote the opinion for the court.

461 N.E.2d 415 · Cited 248 times

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Precedents cited

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. Lewis · 430 N.E.2d 1346
People v. Gaines · 430 N.E.2d 1046
People v. Carlson · 404 N.E.2d 233
People v. Free · 447 N.E.2d 218
Commonwealth v. McKenna · 383 A.2d 174
People v. Devin · 444 N.E.2d 102
Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458
Smith v. Allwright · 321 U.S. 649
People v. Williams · 454 N.E.2d 220
Hammer v. Dagenhart · 247 U.S. 251
People v. Chadd · 621 P.2d 837
People v. Gleckler · 411 N.E.2d 849
People v. Stanworth · 71 Cal. 2d 820
People v. Kubat · 447 N.E.2d 247
People Ex Rel. Carey v. Cousins · 397 N.E.2d 809
The People v. Burson · 143 N.E.2d 239
People v. Davis · 447 N.E.2d 353
The PEOPLE v. Walcher · 246 N.E.2d 256
State v. Holtan · 250 N.W.2d 876
People v. Clark · 429 N.E.2d 1255
People v. Werwee · 112 Cal. App. 2d 494
State v. Dixon · 283 So. 2d 1
People v. Brownell · 404 N.E.2d 181
The People v. Carpenter · 190 N.E.2d 738
People v. Szabo · 447 N.E.2d 193

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

People v. Silagy · 507 N.E.2d 830
United States Ex Rel. Silagy v. Peters · 713 F. Supp. 1246
Hamblen v. State · 527 So. 2d 800
People v. Haynes · 673 N.E.2d 318
People v. Bloom · 774 P.2d 698
People v. Coleman · 660 N.E.2d 919
Williams v. Chrans · 742 F. Supp. 472
People v. Lee · 752 N.E.2d 1017
People v. Kapsalis · 541 N.E.2d 1323
People v. Collins · 478 N.E.2d 267
People v. Albanese · 473 N.E.2d 1246
People v. McLaurin · 703 N.E.2d 11
People v. Chatman · 495 N.E.2d 1067
United States v. Davis · 150 F. Supp. 2d 918
People v. Hudson · 626 N.E.2d 161
People v. Stewart · 473 N.E.2d 840
People v. Pasch · 604 N.E.2d 294
People v. Palmer · 643 N.E.2d 797
People v. Blair · 115 P.3d 1145
People v. Morgan · 492 N.E.2d 1303
People v. Simms · 572 N.E.2d 947
People v. Lyles · 478 N.E.2d 291
People v. Wright · 2017 IL 119561
People v. Johnson · 585 N.E.2d 78
People v. Burgess · 680 N.E.2d 357

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