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.

• stating “a motion’s content determines its character, not the title or label asserted by the movant”
• “[A] motion’s content determines its character, not the title or label asserted by the movant.”
• “[A] motion’s content determines its character, not the title or label asserted by the movant.”
• “[A] motion’s content determines its character, not the title or label asserted by the movant.”
• the appellate court found that when a motion is labeled incorrectly, the court should consider the motion’s content to “determine[ ] its character, not the title or label asserted by the movant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Smith
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2008-02-22· cited 290×
• People v. Scheurich
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2019-07-22· cited 8×
• People v. Smith
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-07-28· cited 1×
• People v. Grayer
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2023-05-15· cited 1×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Pendleton
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2006-12-21· cited 851×
• People v. Flowers
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-01-26· cited 336×
• People v. Shellstrom
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-07-21· cited 150×
• People v. Helgesen
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-04-05· cited 38×
• People v. Harper
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-12-29· cited 18×
• Dupree v. Patchett
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-11-04· cited 5×
• People v. Slover
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-06-06· cited 3×