People v. Hightower

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that section 3—2(b) placing burden of proving the affirmative defense of insanity on a defendant is constitutional
• “The Illinois Courts and the Illinois Legislature ha[ve] made a distinction between mens rea and sanity. *** A defendant can perform an intended act whether or not he recognizes the moral or social implications of the act.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Scott
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-04-16· cited 154×
• State v. Joyner
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-05-04· cited 123×
• People v. McDarrah
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-10-06· cited 28×
• People v. Seaman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-08-30· cited 22×
• People v. Valdez
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2022-06-29· cited 21×
• People v. Clay
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-09-30· cited 17×
• People v. Bouchard
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-02-28· cited 15×
• People v. Bradley
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-10-11· cited 12×
• People v. Hightower
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-03-01· cited 10×
• People v. Hightower
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-08-20· cited 8×
• Emergency Treatment, S.C. v. Department of Employment Security
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-09-30· cited 5×
• People v. Urioste
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-10-11· cited 4×
• Taylor v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2024-01-05· cited 4×
• People v. Engram
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-01-22· cited 3×
• Yaodi Hu v. Village of Midlothian
  N.D. Illinois· 2009-05-14
• People v. Clay Opinion corrected on 12/06/05 Opinion corrected on 12/16/05
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-09-30

Cites

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

• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Mullaney v. Wilbur
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
• Patterson v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 2,751×
• Leland v. Oregon
  Supreme Court· 1952-10-13· cited 1,010×
• Davis v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1895-12-16· cited 594×
• The People v. Weinstein
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1966-09-23· cited 220×
• People v. Foster
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-06-29· cited 214×
• Graham v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-05-10· cited 202×
• State v. Nealy
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1984-04-19· cited 200×
• United States v. Donald Kenneth Currens
  Third Circuit· 1961-05-01· cited 193×
• State v. Crenshaw
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-02-17· cited 163×
• Rivera v. Delaware
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-12· cited 155×
• United States v. Lavance Greene, United States of America v. Randolph Greene
  D.C. Circuit· 1974-02-01· cited 124×
• People v. District Court for County of Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1968-03-18· cited 114×
• State v. Crocker
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-09-18· cited 98×
• People v. Grant
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-05-26· cited 91×
• The PEOPLE v. Bender
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1960-09-29· cited 87×
• Gruzen v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1979-12-17· cited 78×
• Hopps v. People
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1863-04-15· cited 68×
• State v. Korell
  Montana Supreme Court· 1984-11-16· cited 65×