People v. King

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that it was not error for the trial judge to consider the extreme youth of the victim as an aggravating factor in sentencing for the offense of cruelty to children
• finding a distinction between being a father and a family member and that considering the defendant’s position as a father, who owes a special duty of protection to his child, as an aggravating factor was not error
• courts may consider the circumstances and nature of the offense
• courts may consider the circumstances and nature of the offense

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Thurmond
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-12-01· cited 34×
• People v. Madura
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-02-15· cited 25×
• People v. Burke
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-03-19· cited 13×
• People v. Scott
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-02-14· cited 4×
• People v. Dal Collo
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-03-06· cited 3×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Perruquet
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1977-10-05· cited 1,410×
• People v. Williams
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-04-15· cited 25×
• People v. Brewer
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-07-30· cited 16×