People v. Lee

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that it is improper “for the prosecutor to express personal beliefs or opinions, or invoke the integrity of the state’s attorney’s office, to vouch for the credibility of a prosecution witness”
• arguing to the jury that the witness was “ ‘extremely honest in my humble opinion,’ ” “ ‘is telling you the truth,’ ” and “ ‘was candid and honest’ ”
• improper vouching where prosecutor stated witness “happened to be extremely honest in my humble opinion”
• “It is prejudicial error for the prosecutor to express personal beliefs or opinions, or invoke the integrity of the State’s Attorney’s office, to vouch for the credibility of a prosecution witness”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Boling
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-05-15· cited 68×
• People v. Ligon
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-03-30· cited 53×
• People v. Largent
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-03-28· cited 18×
• People v. Jackson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-09-09· cited 17×
• People v. Kinney
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-03-02· cited 15×
• People v. Rivera
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-05-12· cited 11×
• People v. Moore
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-12-23· cited 10×
• People v. Kittinger
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-05-06· cited 10×
• People v. Anderson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2011-06-27· cited 6×
• People v. Johnson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-12-30· cited 6×
• Ivory Smith v. Kevin L. Winters
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-07-28· cited 5×
• Smith, Ivory v. Winters, Kevin L.
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-07-28
• People v. Kinney
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-03-03

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Enoch
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-02-11· cited 3,273×
• People v. Cabrera
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1987-04-16· cited 147×
• People v. Hillenbrand
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-03-23· cited 128×
• People v. Warmack
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-12-01· cited 121×
• People v. Wright
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-01-23· cited 98×
• People v. Linscott
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-01-31· cited 93×
• People v. Valdery
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-10-31· cited 74×
• People v. Ray
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-08-07· cited 69×
• People v. Wilson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-06-04· cited 52×
• People v. Mitchell
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-12-23· cited 33×
• People v. Cox
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-05-04· cited 22×
• People v. Arnold
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1984-11-30· cited 17×
• People v. Pryor
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-06-02· cited 16×
• People v. Feagans
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-10-27· cited 15×