Appellate Court of Illinois· 3/1/1989
People v. Avila
Citations
- 535 N.E.2d 1027
- 180 Ill. App. 3d 345
- 129 Ill. Dec. 262
- 1989 Ill. App. LEXIS 222
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- rejecting the defendant’s credibility argument based on victim’s failure to promptly report, in part, because victim testified the defendant silenced her with “accusations that she was trying to destroy the family”
- jury was entitled to credit child victim’s testimony over parents’ even though victim delayed reporting the abuse for several years, waiting until she had a fight with her mother about an unrelated issue
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Judges: McNAMARA
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9 cases in this archive cite this case.
- People v. AndersonAppellate Court of Illinois· 1992-01-24· cited 49×
- People v. BockAppellate Court of Illinois· 1993-02-19· cited 27×
- People v. MitchellAppellate Court of Illinois· 1990-07-19· cited 25×
- People v. FranzenAppellate Court of Illinois· 1993-10-28· cited 23×
- People v. FryerAppellate Court of Illinois· 1993-05-28· cited 21×
- People v. WilliamsAppellate Court of Illinois· 1989-06-27· cited 12×
- People v. HickoxAppellate Court of Illinois· 1990-04-26· cited 7×
- People v. GutierrezAppellate Court of Illinois· 2024-09-09· cited 2×
- People v. LockettAppellate Court of Illinois· 1993-03-15
Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
- Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court· 1977-03-23· cited 1,507×
- People v. PerruquetIllinois Supreme Court· 1977-10-05· cited 1,410×
- Buchanan v. KentuckySupreme Court· 1987-06-24· cited 601×
- People v. GachoIllinois Supreme Court· 1988-02-11· cited 359×
- People v. EvansIllinois Supreme Court· 1988-09-29· cited 236×
- People v. WardIllinois Supreme Court· 1986-10-17· cited 203×
- People v. TannenbaumIllinois Supreme Court· 1980-10-17· cited 123×
- People v. McDonaldIllinois Supreme Court· 1988-09-22· cited 115×
- The People v. GoldIllinois Supreme Court· 1967-11-30· cited 69×
- People v. LewisIllinois Supreme Court· 1984-06-29· cited 54×
- People v. GoebelAppellate Court of Illinois· 1987-09-28· cited 26×
- People v. BirgeAppellate Court of Illinois· 1985-10-23· cited 26×
- People v. AndersonAppellate Court of Illinois· 1981-02-10· cited 26×
- People v. SpeedAppellate Court of Illinois· 1984-12-10· cited 24×
- People v. OrtizAppellate Court of Illinois· 1987-05-18· cited 24×
- People v. CrowderAppellate Court of Illinois· 1987-09-30· cited 14×
- People v. LaughlinAppellate Court of Illinois· 1987-10-28· cited 6×
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