People v. Vargas

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the “prosecutor’s remarks on rebuttal will not be deemed improper where the record reveals they were the product of defense counsel’s provocation or invitation”
• remanding for a Krankel inquiry when defendant’s posttrial complaint contained limited detail but “sufficient information upon which further questioning could have resolved any lingering doubt”
• finding a Krankel inquiry was required where, during allocution, the defendant spoke extensively to the trial court about alleged instances of ineffective assistance of his trial counsel
• finding it impossible to fully evaluate the defendant’s claims without any inquiry where they “related to matters de hors the - 16 - No. 1-23-2032 record and not readily ascertainable by a trial judge”
• “prosecutor’s remarks on rebuttal will not be deemed improper where the record reveals they were the product of defense counsel’s provocation or invitation”
• “we find no error in the trial court’s inquiry and further consideration as to forfeiture or harmless error is unnecessary”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Tolefree
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2011-08-12· cited 95×
• People v. Green
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2018-07-09· cited 95×
• People v. Willis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2013-11-21· cited 86×
• People v. Phagan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2019-09-05· cited 48×
• People v. McLaurin
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-12-10· cited 40×
• People v. Land
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2011-06-24· cited 32×
• People v. Potts
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2021-03-31· cited 27×
• State of West Virginia v. Gary Lee Rollins
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2014-06-17· cited 26×
• People v. Bridgeforth
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2017-12-18· cited 25×
• People v. Morris
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-01-22· cited 16×
• People v. Butler
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2021-12-17· cited 12×
• People v. Cook
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2023-03-09· cited 11×
• People v. Morgan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2017-10-20· cited 3×
• People v. Potts
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2021-04-28· cited 1×
• People v. Kruel
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2022-06-15