People v. Thompkins

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that generally “courts are highly deferential in reviewing counsel’s strategic decisions whether to present certain mitigating evidence”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Moss
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2001-10-18· cited 113×
• People v. Taylor
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2010-03-18· cited 106×
• People v. King
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-09-25· cited 105×
• William Thompkins, J v. Randy Pfist
  Seventh Circuit· 2012-10-23· cited 99×
• People v. Kuntu
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2001-05-24· cited 82×
• People v. Thompkins
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2007-09-28· cited 2×
• People v. King
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-09-26

Cites

21 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. Coleman
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-10-01· cited 1,609×
• People v. Evans
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1999-02-19· cited 421×
• People v. Coleman
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-11-02· cited 297×
• People v. Thompkins
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-01-25· cited 234×
• People v. Howery
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1997-09-18· cited 211×
• People v. Turner
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-04-20· cited 201×
• People v. Orange
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-11-22· cited 195×
• People v. Morgan
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1999-09-23· cited 173×
• People v. Towns
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-06-18· cited 169×
• People v. Tenner
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1997-02-03· cited 163×
• People v. Thompkins
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-05-26· cited 146×
• People v. Ruiz
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1997-09-25· cited 138×
• People v. Johnson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-06-18· cited 135×
• People v. Mahaffey
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-03-30· cited 129×
• People v. Davis
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-12-31· cited 102×
• People v. Perez
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-03-26· cited 98×
• People v. Jones
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-09-19· cited 86×
• People v. Rogers
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-05-26· cited 58×
• People v. Thompkins
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-01-23· cited 51×