People v. Gonzalez

How courts have described this case

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

• defining secret confinement in terms of what is likely given the manner of confinement and holding that the “determination of whether the victim has been confined necessarily depends on the circumstances of each case”
• this court has rejected any per se rule that a victim visible in a public place precludes a finding of secret confinement.
• “in certain instances[,] keeping a victim in a public place may be more effective than taking the victim to a location out of the public’s view”
• “This court long ago rejected any per se rule that a victim visible in a public place precludes a finding of secret confinement.” (citing People v. Bishop, 1 Ill. 2d 60 (1953))
• “Simply put, the kidnapper may choose to hide the victim in plain sight.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Baskerville
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2012-02-17· cited 195×
• People v. Jones
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2023-01-20· cited 120×
• People v. Grayer
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2023-12-29· cited 20×
• People v. Towns
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2020-08-27· cited 16×
• People v. Leib
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2022-06-16· cited 16×
• People v. Chatha
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-07-10· cited 5×
• People v. Shreffler
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-09-24· cited 4×
• People v. Gaines
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2020-09-18· cited 4×
• People v. Gaines
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2021-02-17· cited 1×
• People v. Acosta
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2026-03-30