People v. Cofield

How courts have described this case

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

• finding error at bench trial where court assumed role of judge and prosecutor
• trial court has power to “question witnesses in order to elicit truth or bring enlightenment on material issues which seem obscure”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Moreno
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-10-10· cited 61×
• People v. Muoi Phuong
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-04-14· cited 39×
• People v. Faria
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-06-22· cited 34×
• People v. Gross
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-02-08· cited 30×
• People v. Murray
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-02-13· cited 30×
• People v. Kuntz
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-01-15· cited 30×
• People v. Liberman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-04-30· cited 30×
• City of Bellevue v. Hellenthal
  Washington Supreme Court· 2001-08-02· cited 29×
• People v. Delk
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-05-26· cited 23×
• People v. Taylor
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-05-17· cited 22×
• People v. Bedenkop
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-08-13· cited 20×
• People v. Rega
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-02-14· cited 17×
• People v. Butler
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-10-18· cited 16×
• People v. Cleveland
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-01-21· cited 12×
• People v. Bullard
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-09-23· cited 11×
• People v. Gallo
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-03-18· cited 8×
• People v. Robinson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-09-30· cited 8×
• People v. Holland
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2023-05-09· cited 8×
• People v. Roberson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-02-13· cited 7×
• People v. Johnson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-04-23· cited 6×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• The People v. Trefonas
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1956-06-15· cited 230×
• People v. Marino
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1953-03-23· cited 96×
• The PEOPLE v. Palmer
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1963-03-22· cited 91×
• The People v. Wesley
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1959-11-18· cited 91×
• The PEOPLE v. Green
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1959-05-22· cited 34×
• People v. McGrath
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1967-03-02· cited 32×
• People v. Ojeda
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1969-06-06· cited 20×
• People v. Dixon
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1967-03-23· cited 6×
• People v. Falconer
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1969-10-21· cited 2×

Other cases named People v. Cofield

10 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• People v. Cofield
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1976-12-21· cited 11×
• People v. Cofield
  New York Court of Appeals· 1977-11-10· cited 7×
• People v. Cofield
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1993-10-21· cited 3×
• People v. Cofield
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1998-04-27· cited 2×
• People v. Cofield
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2023-04-19· cited 2×
• People v. Cofield
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2015-08-12· cited 1×
• People v. Cofield
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1999-04-05· cited 1×
• People v. Cofield
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2000-05-18
• People v. Cofield
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1967-11-29
• People v. Cofield
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2023-11-01