People v. Spani

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that accidental conduct cannot be equated with recklessness, a less demanding intent element than knowing
• finding the circuit court’s express opinion that it “didn’t find Mr. Spani did anything intentionally. It was an accident ***.” was incompatible with the court’s finding of 13 guilt
• weapon discharged as defendant placed it on a table; conviction for involuntary manslaughter overturned on the grounds of insufficient evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Concepcion
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1988-08-08· cited 150×
• People v. Buckley
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-07-17· cited 30×
• People v. Andersch
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-06-11· cited 30×
• State v. Riggs
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1999-10-05· cited 29×
• People v. Fernetti
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-08-05· cited 15×
• People v. Moczarney
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-10-20· cited 13×
• People v. Franklin
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-09-27· cited 13×
• People v. Zahner
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-10-24· cited 6×
• People v. Proctor
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-06-09· cited 5×

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Carlton
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-03-06· cited 15×
• People v. Rollins
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-09-16· cited 4×