People v. Mercado

How courts have described this case

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

• defense counsel is not required to make losing motions or objections in order to provide effective legal assistance
• defense counsel is not required to make losing motions or objections in order to provide effective legal assistance
• “Defense counsel is not required to make losing motions or objections in order to provide effective legal assistance.”
• “Defense counsel is not required to make losing motions or objections in order to provide effective legal assistance .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Moore
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-02-01· cited 45×
• People v. McLaurin
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-06-16· cited 10×
• People v. Garcia
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2021-12-28· cited 5×
• People v. Toney
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2011-09-19· cited 4×
• People v. Polk
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2024-06-28· cited 3×
• Mercado v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 2010-10-18

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• People v. Palmer
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-10-20· cited 295×
• People v. Edwards
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2001-01-29· cited 227×
• People v. Mahaffey
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-03-30· cited 129×
• People v. Daugherty
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1984-06-29· cited 76×
• People v. Lekas
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-03-17· cited 74×
• People v. Gonzalez
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-02-22· cited 63×
• People v. Young
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-06-30· cited 57×
• People v. Lovelady
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-10-24· cited 54×
• People v. Kelley
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-03-31· cited 47×
• People v. Kluppelberg
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-12-28· cited 44×
• People v. Giles
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-01-17· cited 34×
• People v. Nunn
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-06-29· cited 32×
• People v. Simmons
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-07-29· cited 32×
• People v. Murphy
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-02-20· cited 23×
• People v. McCann
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-04-27· cited 21×
• People v. Rice
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-12-30· cited 7×