People v. Shaffer

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming reckless homicide conviction arising from falling asleep at the wheel, finding defendant's conduct evidenced a conscious disregard of a substantial and unjustifiable risk
• Recklessness was established where it was shown the defendant had fallen asleep while driving on numerous occasions and, therefore, was aware he suffered from a physical condition that made it hazardous for him to drive

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Wilson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-04-18· cited 79×
• People v. Botsis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-02-02· cited 20×
• People v. Ziegler
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-10-22· cited 17×
• People v. Meitz
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-05-06· cited 13×
• State v. Baldwin
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1984-04-13· cited 10×
• Edward Christopher Barrowes v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2017-03-01· cited 7×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San Francisco
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-05· cited 3,591×
• The PEOPLE v. Lee
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1971-04-01· cited 81×
• State v. Gooze
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1951-06-21· cited 28×
• People v. Moorhead
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1974-02-05· cited 17×
• People v. Talley
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-12-01· cited 15×
• People v. Baier
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1964-12-14· cited 15×
• People v. Parra
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-12-31· cited 12×
• People v. Luttmer
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-04-29· cited 9×