People v. Schmalz

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that exclusive possession may be joint
• “The rule that possession must be exclusive does not mean that the possession may not be joint ***.”
• actual possession exists when a person has “immediate and exclusive dominion or control over” a thing
• “if two or more persons share immediate and exclusive control or share the intention and power to exercise control, then each has possession”
• \The rule that possession must be exclusive does not mean that the possession may not be joint ***.\
• \The rule that possession must be exclusive does not mean that the possession may not be joint ***.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Siguenza-Brito
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2009-11-19· cited 629×
• People v. Cox
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2001-04-19· cited 176×
• People v. Jones
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2023-01-20· cited 120×
• People v. Wise
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2021-04-15· cited 59×
• People v. Neylon
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-01-14· cited 47×
• People v. McLaurin
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-06-14· cited 45×
• People v. Pearson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-05-21· cited 38×
• People v. Loggins
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2019-08-26· cited 35×
• People v. Eghan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-11-13· cited 32×
• People v. Beasley
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-08-22· cited 31×
• People v. Balark
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2020-06-19· cited 28×
• People v. Terrell
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2017-06-22· cited 27×
• People v. Brown
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2020-04-02· cited 23×
• People v. Gumila
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-12-06· cited 22×
• People v. Coots
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-04-16· cited 21×
• People v. Warren
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-09-05· cited 19×
• People v. Lara
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2011-09-29· cited 18×
• People v. Daniels
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2025-02-07· cited 17×
• People v. Williams
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2020-12-29· cited 16×
• People v. Powell
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-12-30· cited 15×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• People v. Collins
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-02-22· cited 2,507×
• People v. Smith
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1999-02-19· cited 602×
• People v. Frieberg
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-03-12· cited 332×
• The People v. Galloway
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1963-05-27· cited 117×
• The PEOPLE v. Embry
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1960-10-31· cited 82×
• The People v. Jackson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1961-11-30· cited 73×
• People v. Scott
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-03-05· cited 70×
• People v. Adams
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-08-04· cited 60×
• People v. Ray
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-07-20· cited 59×
• People v. Gonzalez
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-05-19· cited 32×
• People v. Clark
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-04-07· cited 12×
• People v. Brookhouse
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-07-10· cited 2×
• People v. Schmalz
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-09-22· cited 2×

Other cases named People v. Schmalz

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• People v. Schmalz
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-09-22· cited 2×
• People v. Schmalz
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-11-22
• People v. Schmalz
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1924-10-20