People v. Thomas

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding use of prior convictions to impose Class X sentence did not preclude the court from considering those same prior convictions in aggravation
• evidence that one intentionally pointed a gun at someone and fired is sufficient to prove requisite intent for first degree murder
• a trial court’s “use of prior convictions to impose a Class X sentence *** does not preclude the court from considering those same prior convictions as an aggravating factor”
• “the discretionary act of a sentencing court in fashioning a particular sentence 20 No. 1-23-2009B tailored to the needs of society and the defendant, within the available parameters, is a requisite part of every individualized sentencing determination.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

81 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• People v. Stacey
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-09-21· cited 745×
• People v. Caffey
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2001-10-18· cited 527×
• People v. Pullen
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-07-06· cited 242×
• People v. Tenney
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-04-18· cited 184×
• People v. Houston
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2007-08-02· cited 158×
• People v. Moss
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2003-06-19· cited 154×
• People v. Pomykala
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2003-01-24· cited 97×
• People v. Lathon
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-11-06· cited 86×
• People v. Ramirez
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-01-21· cited 83×
• People v. Koppa
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-10-22· cited 56×
• People v. Chaney
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-02-20· cited 47×
• Village of Winfield v. Illinois State Labor Relations Board
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1997-03-20· cited 45×
• People v. Childress
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-03-20· cited 44×
• People v. Brown
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2019-07-25· cited 40×
• People v. Gapski
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-09-25· cited 39×
• People v. Grisset
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-05-19· cited 39×
• People v. Bloomingburg
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-02-03· cited 38×
• People v. Fikara
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-12-23· cited 37×
• People v. Redmond
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-04-18· cited 35×
• People v. Owens
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-11-05· cited 32×

Cites

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

• Chambers v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1973-02-21· cited 5,756×
• Ohio v. Roberts
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 5,425×
• White v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1992-01-15· cited 1,508×
• People v. La Pointe
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1982-01-29· cited 680×
• People v. Saldivar
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-09-17· cited 381×
• People v. Jeffries
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-01-19· cited 343×
• People v. Pasch
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-10-01· cited 295×
• People v. Ward
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1984-03-23· cited 289×
• People v. Taylor
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1984-05-25· cited 220×
• People of Illinois v. Haron
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-06-04· cited 200×
• People v. Bowel
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-01-23· cited 188×
• County of Du Page v. Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-09-20· cited 174×
• People v. Alejos
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-10-04· cited 160×
• People v. Jameson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-10-20· cited 155×
• People v. Gonzalez
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-09-24· cited 140×
• People v. Levin
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1993-11-29· cited 116×
• People v. Hobbs
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-09-30· cited 87×
• People v. Ferguson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-12-04· cited 85×
• People Ex Rel. Carey v. Bentivenga
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-01-20· cited 78×
• People v. Rice
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-04-20· cited 61×