People v. Coones

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining the trial judge “did not participate as the initial factfinder or decisionmaker” merely because he was involved in “pretrial proceedings in the instant criminal case”
• “usual definitions of ‘legitimate’” include “‘according to the law; lawful,’” or “‘[t]hat which is lawful, legal, recognized by law, or according to law’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jerry Lee Staley v. Kurt Jones
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-02-05· cited 62×
• Brandt v. Brandt
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2002-05-31· cited 23×
• People of Michigan v. Kenyon Bailey
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2019-09-24
• People of Michigan v. Lance Craig Eichler
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2025-09-29

Cites

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

• Liteky v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-03-07· cited 7,016×
• United States v. Grinnell Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 2,474×
• Berger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1921-01-31· cited 748×
• People v. Robideau
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1984-09-18· cited 408×
• In Re J. P. Linahan, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1943-11-08· cited 180×
• People v. Daniel
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1994-09-20· cited 133×
• Crampton v. Department of State
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1975-11-25· cited 123×
• People v. Sturgis
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1986-12-30· cited 107×
• People v. White
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1995-07-21· cited 70×
• In Re Forfeiture of $1,159,420
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1992-05-04· cited 67×
• Pallas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-05-03· cited 53×
• United States v. Shibley
  S.D. California· 1953-05-11· cited 43×
• Wayne County Prosecutor v. Doerfler
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1968-11-29· cited 32×
• Mahlen Land Corp. v. Kurtz
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1959-02-19· cited 27×
• People v. Johnson
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1996-03-05· cited 24×
• People v. Arquette
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1993-10-19· cited 22×
• People v. Upshaw
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1988-10-17· cited 18×
• Jackhill Oil Co. v. Powell Production, Inc.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1995-04-21· cited 15×
• People v. Ayers
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1995-10-06· cited 12×
• People v. Abernathy
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1985-11-20· cited 10×