People v. Sims

How courts have described this case

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

• “It is well settled in Illinois that counsel’s choice of jury instructions, *** is a matter of trial strategy.”
• the appellate court will not reweigh expert evidence based on the experts’ qualifications

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Lovejoy
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2009-09-24· cited 186×
• People v. Falco
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-10-17· cited 28×
• People v. Davila
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2022-03-31· cited 25×
• McMillan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-08-24· cited 22×
• McMillan v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2008-09-09· cited 16×
• People v. Minniefield
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-02-23· cited 14×
• People v. Gonzalez
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-09-03· cited 11×
• People v. Jones
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2024-08-01· cited 10×
• People v. Pearson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2019-02-14· cited 6×
• People v. Smith
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2025-09-26· cited 6×
• People v. Johns
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-11-17· cited 5×
• Woodall v. Citizens Banking Co.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1987-01-29· cited 5×
• In Re Detention of Lieberman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-05-28· cited 5×
• People v. King
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2019-07-17· cited 4×
• People v. Ford
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2022-03-23· cited 4×
• People v. Hillis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2016-12-16· cited 3×
• State of Iowa v. Jeffrey Lee Stendrup
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2022-12-22

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• People v. Herron
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-05-19· cited 1,578×
• People v. Hall
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-10-26· cited 566×
• Wilson v. Clark
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-03-27· cited 460×
• People v. Rodriguez
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1996-01-18· cited 301×
• People v. Palmer
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-10-20· cited 295×
• People v. Jones
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1997-01-30· cited 225×
• People v. Hopp
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-02-20· cited 198×
• People v. Nieves
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-11-16· cited 184×
• People v. Milka
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-03-18· cited 156×
• People v. Smith
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-05-25· cited 153×
• People v. Lowery
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1997-12-01· cited 126×
• People v. Brackett
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1987-06-29· cited 113×
• People v. Jackson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-06-27· cited 95×
• People v. Hudson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-07-05· cited 88×
• The People v. Kalpak
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1957-01-24· cited 87×
• People v. Pegram
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-09-22· cited 77×
• People v. Dekens
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-04-16· cited 74×
• People v. Redmond
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1974-09-27· cited 68×
• The People v. De Simone
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1956-11-26· cited 66×