People v. Mitchell

How courts have described this case

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

• mitigation of murder charge based on violent, irresistible passion was improper where the interval between the provocation and the killing was sufficient for the voice of reason and humanity to be heard
• mitigation of murder charge based on violent, irresistible passion was improper where the interval between the provocation and the killing was sufficient for the voice of reason and humanity to be heard

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Davis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1974-01-31· cited 22×
• People v. White
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-12-03· cited 7×
• People v. Robinson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1969-11-07· cited 5×
• People v. Johnson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1972-05-03· cited 2×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Morris
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1954-09-23· cited 195×
• The PEOPLE v. Cox
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1957-11-20· cited 70×
• The PEOPLE v. Williams
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1962-11-30· cited 52×
• People v. Clark
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1955-11-23· cited 43×
• The PEOPLE v. Palmer
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1964-05-20· cited 43×