People v. Perry

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that pathologist’s testimony that child’s death was a homicide “might be construed as prejudicial, since a layperson might equate the word homicide with murder”
• “[Pathologist’s] opinion as to homicide ... did not in any way add to the evidence already presented to the jury or assist them in reaching their own conclusions.”
• expert's opinion that manner of death was \homicide\ not prejudicial where only issue was whether mother intentionally smothered child or accidentally rolled over on top of child while sleeping

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Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State of Iowa v. Hillary Lee Tyler
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2015-06-30· cited 153×
• Sippio v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-08-05· cited 51×
• State v. SOSNOWICZ
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2012-03-08· cited 23×
• Baraka v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-06-15· cited 12×
• FINR v. Marshall
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-12-08· cited 11×
• People v. King
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2019-07-17· cited 4×
• Amended September 30, 2015 State of Iowa v. Hillary Lee Tyler
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2015-06-30

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Terry
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1984-02-22· cited 204×
• People v. Weatherspoon
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-08-04· cited 86×
• The PEOPLE v. Jones
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1961-09-22· cited 81×
• People v. Smith
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1972-06-13· cited 46×
• People v. Turner
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-09-21· cited 42×
• Harvey v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-06-15· cited 16×
• People v. Vasquez
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1969-12-17· cited 14×
• People v. Perry
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-08-27· cited 11×
• People v. Murphy
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-06-10· cited 9×