Appellate Court of Illinois· 5/20/1994
People v. McKenzie
Citations
- 635 N.E.2d 903
- 263 Ill. App. 3d 716
- 200 Ill. Dec. 564
- 1994 Ill. App. LEXIS 789
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- fear of cross-examination constitutes reasonable basis not to call a witness (in this case the defendant, who was proceeding on a theory of self-defense and had no criminal record)
- defendant testifying would have subjected her to \full brunt of adversarial cross-examination\ and could have produced liabilities which outweighed the benefits of her testifying
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Judges: Gordon
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Cites
29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
- People v. AlbaneseIllinois Supreme Court· 1984-10-19· cited 1,967×
- People v. PerruquetIllinois Supreme Court· 1977-10-05· cited 1,410×
- People v. CarlsonIllinois Supreme Court· 1980-04-18· cited 666×
- People v. CoxIllinois Supreme Court· 1980-10-17· cited 580×
- People v. MitchellIllinois Supreme Court· 1984-10-19· cited 134×
- People v. SutherlandIllinois Supreme Court· 1992-12-04· cited 121×
- People v. AlmoIllinois Supreme Court· 1985-09-27· cited 100×
- People v. WitherspoonIllinois Supreme Court· 1973-09-25· cited 98×
- People v. LambrechtsIllinois Supreme Court· 1977-11-30· cited 75×
- People v. LykinsIllinois Supreme Court· 1979-09-19· cited 72×
- People v. BucknerAppellate Court of Illinois· 1990-09-25· cited 47×
- People v. EnochIllinois Supreme Court· 1991-12-19· cited 40×
- People v. MelgozaAppellate Court of Illinois· 1992-06-19· cited 35×
- People v. WhittakerAppellate Court of Illinois· 1990-05-25· cited 33×
- People v. ConsagoAppellate Court of Illinois· 1988-05-16· cited 30×
- People v. SandersAppellate Court of Illinois· 1991-01-24· cited 30×
- People v. BrownAppellate Court of Illinois· 1991-11-20· cited 29×
- People v. RequenaAppellate Court of Illinois· 1982-03-08· cited 28×
- People v. PetersonAppellate Court of Illinois· 1993-06-01· cited 22×
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