People v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that standby counsel was not required, appellate court observed that the trial did not involve expert or scientific evidence
• defendant hindered the court in its administration of justice by interrupting the judge
• aggravated battery of a peace officer was “factually simple”
• the defendant’s request that the judge sentence him so that he could “ ‘get the f*** up out of [the judge’s] face’ ” was sufficient to sustain the finding of direct criminal contempt, given that the defendant interrupted the judge while he was speaking and used profanity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Phillips
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-06-15· cited 132×
• People v. Ellison
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2013-03-28· cited 33×
• SKS & Associates v. Dart
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-08-03· cited 22×
• People v. Hood
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2022-11-21· cited 15×
• People v. Hughes
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2025-11-17· cited 3×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Simac
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-06-16· cited 80×
• People v. Gibson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-05-30· cited 67×
• People v. Redmond
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-06-20· cited 39×
• People v. Williams
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-02-23· cited 25×
• People v. Bell
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-12-18· cited 23×
• People v. Hanna
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-04-01· cited 15×
• People v. Kaeding
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-01-14· cited 12×