People v. Denton

How courts have described this case

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

• defendant proved guilty beyond reasonable doubt of possessing contraband that was found in his residence even though roommate testified that contraband belonged to him
• “When two or more people share immediate and exclusive control or share the intention and power to exercise control, the result is not vindication of the defendant, but rather a situation of joint possession.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Drake
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-06-20· cited 45×
• People v. Bui
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-03-21· cited 33×
• People v. Brown
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-10-12· cited 30×
• People v. Clemons
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-02-02· cited 28×
• People v. Juarbe
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-01-12· cited 24×
• People v. Fleming
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2013-03-29· cited 19×
• People v. Walensky
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-12-31· cited 17×
• People v. Turner
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-07-15· cited 13×
• People v. Brookhouse
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-07-10· cited 2×
• People v. Ellis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-02-08· cited 2×
• People v. Serrato
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2023-01-06

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Collins
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-02-22· cited 2,507×
• People v. Illgen
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-11-21· cited 710×
• People v. Young
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-02-22· cited 643×
• People v. Campbell
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-01-30· cited 384×
• People v. Eyler
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-10-25· cited 320×
• People v. Pintos
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-12-21· cited 211×
• The PEOPLE v. Nettles
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1961-11-30· cited 152×
• The People v. MacK
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1957-09-20· cited 150×
• People v. Scott
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-03-05· cited 70×
• People v. Smith
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-06-07· cited 40×
• People v. Eiland
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-07-26· cited 32×
• People v. Romero
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-10-07· cited 30×
• People v. Williams
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-07-31· cited 25×
• People v. Watkins
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-09-24· cited 14×
• Vore v. Vore
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1990-12-04· cited 13×
• People v. Medeiros
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-06-30· cited 12×