People v. Fields

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that \the verdict forms and the other instructions clearly informed\ jury of correct legal principles
• concluding that “the verdict forms and the other instructions clearly informed” jury of correct legal principles
• concluding that “the verdict forms and the other instructions clearly informed” jury of correct legal principles
• finding no interference at sentencing hearing with defendant’s presentation of residual doubt theory
• finding no interference at sentencing hearing with defendant’s presentation of residual doubt theory
• injecting the possibility of parole into the death penalty determination improperly diverts the jury’s attention from the character of the offender and focuses it upon a speculation that may or may not occur

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Flores
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-11-19· cited 538×
• People v. Hudson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1993-11-18· cited 390×
• Holland v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 380×
• People v. Simms
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-08-10· cited 336×
• People v. Pasch
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-10-01· cited 295×
• People v. Bannister
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2008-10-17· cited 294×
• People v. McDonald
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-10-19· cited 265×
• People v. Brooks
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 253×
• People v. Miller
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1996-08-02· cited 243×
• People v. Williams
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-01-23· cited 235×
• People v. Cloutier
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1993-10-21· cited 232×
• People v. Patterson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-12-04· cited 224×
• People v. Simms
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-04-18· cited 210×
• People v. Taylor
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-06-22· cited 193×
• People v. Howard
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-12-19· cited 186×
• People v. Kidd
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1996-12-19· cited 184×
• State v. Watson
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1991-06-19· cited 181×
• People v. Terrell
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-12-31· cited 179×
• People v. Madej
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1997-06-19· cited 175×
• People v. Thomas
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-07-03· cited 175×

Cites

73 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×
• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Darden v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1986-09-03· cited 4,161×
• Griffith v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1987-01-13· cited 3,380×
• People v. Enoch
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-02-11· cited 3,273×
• Woodson v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,907×
• Caldwell v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
• Richardson v. Marsh
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-21· cited 2,670×
• People v. Collins
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-02-22· cited 2,507×
• People v. Albanese
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1984-10-19· cited 1,967×
• Lockhart v. McCree
  Supreme Court· 1986-05-05· cited 1,649×
• Booth v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,501×
• California v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1987-01-27· cited 1,207×
• Franklin v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1988-09-15· cited 852×
• People v. Carlson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-04-18· cited 666×
• People v. Pickett
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1973-05-21· cited 647×
• People v. Young
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-02-22· cited 643×
• People v. Caballero
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1984-03-23· cited 434×
• Dugger v. Adams
  Supreme Court· 1989-04-17· cited 432×
• People v. Gacho
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-02-11· cited 359×