People v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, in deciding whether the speedy-trial statute has been satisfied, -15- trial commences when the process of selecting the jury begins
• holding speedy-trial provision (\[e]very person * * * shall be tried * * * within 120 days\ (emphasis added)) satisfied by commencement of proceeding
• holding speedy- trial provision (\[e]very person *** shall be tried *** within 120 days\ (emphasis added)) satisfied by commencement of proceeding
• finding the speedy trial statute “was satisfied by beginning the process of selecting the jury for the trial of the case” on day 119 of the term.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Pearlie G.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1997-02-20· cited 97×
• People v. Bowman
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-09-26· cited 86×
• People v. Williams
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2022-12-28· cited 65×
• People v. Lewis
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1975-03-24· cited 45×
• People v. Boyd
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-09-11· cited 40×
• People v. Crawford Distributing Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-12-03· cited 38×
• Arnold v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-03-31· cited 37×
• People v. Benford
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-08-26· cited 36×
• People v. Cosenza
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-05-19· cited 25×
• People v. Mallette
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-02-21· cited 23×
• People v. Solheim
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-10-27· cited 20×
• People v. Bradley
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-11-18· cited 17×
• People v. Perkins
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-11-25· cited 17×
• People v. Griffin
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2022-03-29· cited 9×
• People v. Williams
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-06-09· cited 8×
• People v. Jackson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-12-20· cited 7×
• People v. Vest
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-12-23· cited 5×
• People v. Smith
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-09-07· cited 5×
• People v. Lee
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-04-08· cited 5×
• People v. Johnson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-07-07· cited 5×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• The PEOPLE v. Johnson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1970-03-24· cited 57×
• The PEOPLE v. Gonzales
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1968-05-29· cited 49×
• People v. Katzman
  California Court of Appeal· 1968-02-13· cited 40×
• People v. Thomas
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1972-01-14· cited 29×
• People v. Scott
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1965-10-04· cited 9×
• People v. Williams
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1973-09-18· cited 7×