Skip to main content
Federal & State Lawfederalstatelaw.com
Home/Federal/Cases
Seventh Circuit· 2/10/1994

United States v. Edward Davis

Citations

  • 16 F.3d 212
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 2170
  • 1994 WL 37040

How courts have described this case

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

  • Illinois attempted burglary statute requires intent to commit offense and “substantial step” toward knowingly entering building; “substantial step” requires coming within “dangerous proximity to success”
  • \under Illinois law there is little difference between the risk of confrontation in an attempted burglary and that in a completed burglary.\
  • proximity of thief and victim used as indicator of likely injury from attempted burglary
  • “[T]he fact that a defendant does not complete the burglary does not diminish the risk of a violent confrontation between the offender and a potential occupant; in fact, ‘the possibility [of confrontation] may be at its peak while the defendant is still outside trying to break in.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Bauer, Cudahy, Ripple

Read full opinion on CourtListener

Cited by

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

Cites

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

Other cases named United States v. Edward Davis

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

Sourced from CourtListener / Free Law Project (CC0).

This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.