People v. Clark

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that compulsion does not constitute a legal defense to murder
• noting that compulsion does not constitute a legal defense to murder
• would be impermissible for prosecutor to charge a defendant with first degree murder knowing she committed only second degree murder
• would be impermissible for prosecutor to charge a defendant with first degree murder knowing she committed only second degree murder

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

39 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• People v. Brocksmith
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-10-20· cited 142×
• People v. Newbern
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-09-30· cited 54×
• People v. Willis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-06-24· cited 44×
• People v. Manley
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-12-13· cited 43×
• People v. Back
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-12-23· cited 40×
• People v. De Oca
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-11-12· cited 33×
• People v. Wright
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-08-19· cited 32×
• People v. Washington
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-11-15· cited 26×
• People v. Gore
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-04-19· cited 24×
• People v. Campos
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-02-28· cited 23×
• People v. Powell
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-06-05· cited 20×
• People v. Doss
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-06-11· cited 17×
• People v. Hayes
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2022-10-06· cited 16×
• People v. Kauffman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-09-30· cited 15×
• People v. Mikell
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-08-02· cited 15×
• People v. Murray
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2020-06-15· cited 15×
• People v. Guidry
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-09-23· cited 14×
• People v. Cross
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-03-21· cited 14×
• In Re DB
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-06-29· cited 13×
• People v. Feyrer
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-12-30· cited 13×

Cites

38 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• People v. Albanese
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1984-10-19· cited 1,967×
• People v. Cox
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-10-17· cited 580×
• People v. Murphy
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-10-06· cited 307×
• People v. Reddick
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-06-20· cited 298×
• People v. Steppan
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-01-23· cited 273×
• Harris v. Manor Healthcare Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-02-21· cited 249×
• People v. Hattery
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-11-21· cited 248×
• People v. Johnson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-04-20· cited 223×
• Bernier v. Burris
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-06-20· cited 177×
• Chicago National League Ball Club, Inc. v. Thompson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-10-03· cited 152×
• People v. Gleckler
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-10-17· cited 143×
• People v. Kaeding
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-09-23· cited 131×
• People v. Wade
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-10-25· cited 124×
• People v. Christy
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-11-21· cited 118×
• People v. Walker
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-02-11· cited 117×
• People v. Cobb
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-10-04· cited 110×
• Bilyk v. Chicago Transit Authority
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-09-22· cited 94×
• The People v. Nowak
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1970-03-24· cited 75×
• Illinois Housing Development Authority v. Van Meter
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-10-10· cited 65×