People v. Gant

How courts have described this case

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

• “the fundamental purpose of any trial is the search for truth”

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Cited by

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

• People v. Bryant
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-01-24· cited 167×
• People v. Bradford
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-05-24· cited 100×
• People v. Pastorino
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1982-02-19· cited 92×
• People v. Bailey
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1975-01-30· cited 62×
• People v. Spicer
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-10-19· cited 57×
• Rowe v. Farmers Ins. Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1985-10-16· cited 56×
• Breeding v. Dodson Trailer Repair, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1984-11-20· cited 45×
• People v. Sexton
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-11-25· cited 39×
• People v. Enoch
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-09-29· cited 37×
• Hengels v. Gilski
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-09-27· cited 37×
• People v. Castillo
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-07-09· cited 35×
• State v. Collins
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-08-02· cited 34×
• People v. Fuelner
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-02-04· cited 34×
• People v. Sambo
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-05-03· cited 29×
• People v. Chitwood
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-03-25· cited 28×
• People v. Camel
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1974-09-27· cited 27×
• People v. Williams
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-10-21· cited 26×
• People v. Reed
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-05-05· cited 26×
• Yamada v. Hilton Hotel Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-05-31· cited 26×
• People v. Mitchell
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-07-19· cited 25×

Cites

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

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• Chambers v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1973-02-21· cited 5,756×
• People v. Chupich
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1973-03-27· cited 151×
• People v. Powell
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1973-01-26· cited 114×
• The People v. Collins
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1971-09-30· cited 89×
• The People v. Tunstall
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1959-09-24· cited 84×
• People v. Curry
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1973-11-20· cited 75×
• The People v. McKee
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1968-03-28· cited 73×
• State v. Raffone
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1971-04-20· cited 50×
• People v. Gill
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1973-06-04· cited 47×
• Jensen v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1962-03-23· cited 46×
• State v. Orsini
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1967-07-13· cited 42×
• State v. Nimrod
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1972-09-25· cited 39×
• United States v. Cleo Gregory
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-01-02· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Tucker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 32×
• Key v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-04-11· cited 27×
• Irby v. State
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1973-10-02· cited 24×
• United States v. Darron G. Gilliam
  D.C. Circuit· 1973-09-12· cited 21×
• Hutchins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1972-12-04· cited 20×
• People v. Hundley
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1954-11-18· cited 18×

Other cases named People v. Gant

36 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• People v. Gant
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1974-02-19· cited 27×
• People v. Gant
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1966-10-25· cited 15×
• People v. Gant
  California Court of Appeal· 1967-06-28· cited 15×
• People v. Gant
  California Court of Appeal· 1968-07-26· cited 13×
• People v. Gant
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1973-06-26· cited 12×
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-08-15· cited 12×
• People v. Gant
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1974-09-12· cited 12×
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2002-02-01· cited 10×
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-12-04· cited 9×
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2006-02-28· cited 9×
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1973-02-14· cited 8×
• People v. Gant
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1961-06-29· cited 8×
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1967-06-01· cited 7×
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2001-04-17· cited 5×
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1970-02-26· cited 4×
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-08-04· cited 4×
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1973-08-13· cited 3×
• People v. Gant
  New York County Courts· 2005-06-27· cited 2×
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2020-11-17· cited 1×
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2020-11-17· cited 1×
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2020-12-23· cited 1×
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1973-07-09· cited 1×
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1993-12-30· cited 1×
• People v. Gant
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2008-11-01
• People v. Gant
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2011-03-01
• People v. Gant
  New York Court of Appeals· 2008-11-25
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2021-10-01
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2008-03-11
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2008-09-09
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-06-11
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2012-02-21
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1989-06-05
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1999-11-04
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2002-02-01
• People v. Gant
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1984-02-06
• People v. Gant
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2025-09-25