People v. VanZile

How courts have described this case

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

• where it would be reasonable for an alibi witness to disclose the exculpatory evidence to the authorities, the inference raised by the witness's silence is inconsistent with that witness's testimony
• where it would be reasonable for an alibi witness to disclose the exculpatory evidence to the authorities, the inference raised by the witness’s silence is inconsistent with that witness’s testimony
• seven defense witnesses refused state’s request for pretrial interviews
• seven defense witnesses refused state's request for pretrial interviews
• witnesses refused to talk to State’s investigators
• witnesses refused to talk to State’s investigators

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Harris
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-06-20· cited 265×
• People v. Smith
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-12-10· cited 99×
• State v. Riggs
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1997-07-15· cited 72×
• People v. Jones
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-08-25· cited 65×
• State v. Silva
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1993-03-25· cited 44×
• People v. Smith
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-09-16· cited 41×
• Lacy v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-12-16· cited 32×
• People v. Slabaugh
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-07-20· cited 31×
• People v. Jennings
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-04-25· cited 29×
• People v. O'DELL
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-05-16· cited 25×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-12-26· cited 21×
• People v. Watson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-03-20· cited 21×
• People v. Timmons
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-05-26· cited 20×
• People v. Brown
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-03-08· cited 19×
• People v. Slago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-03-28· cited 19×
• People v. McCollum
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-02-18· cited 18×
• People v. Goff
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-09-19· cited 17×
• People v. Defyn
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-11-22· cited 15×
• People v. Allison
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-09-29· cited 13×
• People v. Engle
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-07-15· cited 12×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Dukett
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1974-01-23· cited 146×
• People v. Powell
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1973-01-26· cited 114×
• People v. McMath
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1968-12-31· cited 42×
• Goertz v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1958-11-13· cited 34×
• Gates v. People
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1853-06-15· cited 34×
• People v. Marchese
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-10-24· cited 22×
• People v. Oliver
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1970-09-17· cited 12×