People v. Nitz

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that an error is harmless where “the result would have been the same absent the error”
• an error is harmless if “the result would have been the same absent the error”
• “Brutal or heinous behavior generally involves prolonged pain, torture, or premeditation [citation], but does not necessarily require them [citation].”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

41 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• People v. McCarty
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-10-19· cited 251×
• People v. Stechly
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2007-04-19· cited 217×
• People v. Ward
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-02-02· cited 119×
• People v. Spicer
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-12-10· cited 72×
• People v. Davis
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2009-05-21· cited 67×
• Gray v. Hardy
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-03-12· cited 58×
• State v. Harris
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-01-07· cited 57×
• People v. Lopez
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-06-22· cited 54×
• People v. Johnson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-03-17· cited 46×
• People v. White
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2011-12-23· cited 39×
• People v. Fernandez
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-09-26· cited 38×
• People v. Gorosteata
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-06-15· cited 28×
• People v. Watt
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-01-09· cited 28×
• People v. Magallanes
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2011-04-29· cited 28×
• People v. Jones
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2017-01-26· cited 26×
• People v. Upshaw
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2018-02-05· cited 26×
• People v. James
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2018-03-28· cited 25×
• People v. Spicer
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-02-25· cited 20×
• People v. Schneider
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-08-03· cited 20×
• People v. Holman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-11-18· cited 20×

Cites

38 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Apprendi v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
• United States v. Booker
  Supreme Court· 2004-10-01· cited 23,210×
• Blakely v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 13,994×
• Estelle v. McGuire
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-04· cited 8,719×
• Neder v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-10· cited 5,157×
• United States v. Cotton
  Supreme Court· 2002-05-20· cited 3,303×
• People v. Herron
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-05-19· cited 1,578×
• Yates v. Evatt
  Supreme Court· 1991-08-02· cited 932×
• People v. Pitsonbarger
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-05-23· cited 692×
• People v. La Pointe
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1982-01-29· cited 680×
• People v. Crespo
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2003-03-31· cited 340×
• People v. Steidl
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-01-24· cited 307×
• People v. Thurow
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2003-02-06· cited 266×
• People v. Hobley
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-05-29· cited 264×
• People v. Brooks
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 253×
• People v. Sims
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-06-15· cited 249×
• People v. Nitz
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-03-28· cited 230×
• People v. Lucas
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-12-21· cited 194×
• People v. Holmes
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-01-20· cited 140×
• People v. Swift
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-11-21· cited 131×