People v. Hamilton

How courts have described this case

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

• expressing disapproval of use of phrase “defense of desperation” but finding no substantial prejudice to defendant
• evidence of gang membership and rivalries is relevant when it establishes reasons for deadly gang behavior
• evidence of gang membership and rivalries is relevant when it establishes reasons for deadly gang behavior
• “We recognize there may be strong prejudice against street gangs in the Chicago area.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. James
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-05-05· cited 31×
• People v. Valladeres
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2013-07-24· cited 24×
• People v. Davis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-11-06· cited 19×
• People v. Jaimes
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-02-11· cited 17×
• People v. Suastegui
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-06-13· cited 12×
• People v. Jenkins
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-08-26· cited 2×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Brown v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-26· cited 4,589×
• Ohler v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2000-05-22· cited 666×
• People v. Smith
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-11-21· cited 340×
• People v. Steidl
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-01-24· cited 307×
• People v. Emerson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-10-04· cited 259×
• People v. Williams
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1996-05-31· cited 252×
• People v. Patterson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-12-04· cited 224×
• People v. Byron
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-01-19· cited 190×
• People v. Gonzalez
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-02-22· cited 174×
• People v. Gabbard
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-12-03· cited 83×
• People v. Mason
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-08-04· cited 48×
• People v. Colon
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-09-22· cited 44×
• People v. Montgomery
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-09-29· cited 35×
• People v. Ayala
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-12-31· cited 28×
• People v. Bramlett
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-11-30· cited 23×
• People v. Fields
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-03-11· cited 22×
• People v. Hill
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-09-30· cited 22×
• People v. D'Arezzo
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-05-28· cited 20×
• People v. Resendez
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-06-30· cited 11×