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Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 26, 1998
The record as a whole clearly supports that conclusion. Therefore, we will not disturb the jury's verdict on this point. V. … It clearly relates to defendant's violence and behavior while in prison. Thus the evidence relating to the 1988 incident is relevant.
Cited 0 timesPublished2016 IL 119659 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jul 13, 2017
. ¶ 12 The parties do not dispute that defendant had two prior qualifying convictions, including an October 2007 conviction for aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon, a Class X felony, and a … The statute clearly provides that mandatory Class X sentencing applies when a defendant, over the age of 21, is convicted.
Cited 44 timesPublished251 Ill. 603 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 25, 1911
Champlin qualified as executor, settled the estate and made his final report and was discharged on September 9, 1904. Cora Meyers, the adopted daughter, died January 7, 1904, leaving no lineal descendants. … This conveyance is without any pretense of consideration, and was clearly an attempt on the part of Dr.
Cited 35 timesPublished335 Ill. 217 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 19, 1929
These statements were clearly hearsay evidence and incompetent and it would have been error to admit them. The facts of People v. … This stated fully and clearly the theory of the defense. It was not error to give instruction No. 3.
Cited 13 timesPublishedIllinois Supreme Court · May 22, 1997
These principles were clearly violated by the prosecutor's questions and comments in this case. … Kovar was a registered clinical psychologist, defendant insists that he was qualified by law to testify as to defendant's state of mind and mental impairments at the time of her guilty plea.
Cited 0 timesPublished104 N.E.3d 341 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 30, 2017
The broad sweep of subsection (a) reaches a host of social interactions that a person would find distressing but are clearly understood to fall within the protections of the first amendment. … A single Facebook post does not establish a course of conduct under subsection (a) of the cyberstalking statute.
Cited 119 timesPublishedI.C.R.R. Co. v. Ill. Commerce Com.
387 Ill. 256 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 16, 1944
The courts will not set aside an order of the commission unless it is arbitrary or unreasonable or clearly violates some rule of law. … On that fact being satisfactorily established, the presumption of reasonableness is rebutted.
Cited 12 timesPublished425 Ill. Dec. 650 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 20, 2018
Clearly, the prosecution in Brown had not established that the defendant’s conduct was a “but-for” cause of the victim’s death. … In that hypothetical, the other causes were clearly sufficient and the defendant’s act clearly insufficient, but it seems absurd to say that the defendant was not a cause of the victim’s death.
Cited 22 timesUnpublished2017 IL 121306 · Illinois Supreme Court · Aug 15, 2018
Howard, 2016 IL 120729, Hunter argues that the amendment to section 5-130(1)(a) applies retroactively to his case, and because the offenses with which he was charged are no longer qualifying offenses for … The State counters that section 5-4.5-105 establishes a comprehensive sentencing scheme, and that the legislature’s expression of temporal reach in subsection (a) applies to the entire scheme. ¶ 48 Under
Cited 3 timesPublished2025 IL 130988 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 20, 2025
Nevertheless, the Crawford Court clearly concluded that, “when the declarant appears for cross-examination at trial, the [c]onfrontation [c]lause places no constraints at all on the use of his prior testimonial … See Green, 399 U.S. at 158-59 (when under oath, “witness must now affirm, deny, or qualify the truth of the prior statement under the penalty of perjury,” which allows the factfinder to determine “which
Cited 0 timesPublishedPeople v. Mertz Corrected opinion posted 1/23/06
Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 17, 2005
Stabler denied having an agreement with the State for leniency, but said he had received immunity for assisting an investigation in another case. … The decision to impose the death penalty was clearly the result of overwhelming aggravating evidence. VI.
Cited 0 timesPublishedAmerican Access Casualty Company v. Reyes
376 Ill. Dec. 812 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 19, 2013
We may only take that step when the provision is “clearly contrary to” established public policy or “manifestly injurious” to the welfare of the public. Supra ¶ 9. … Furthermore, the facts and circumstances do not establish that the excluded driver provision in the parties’ insurance contract is “clearly contrary to what the constitution, the statutes, or the decisions
Cited 10 timesUnpublishedIllinois Supreme Court · Jun 3, 2005
The language of section 122–2.1(a)(2) does not limit or qualify the type of conclusion of law and therefore does not disable a judge from considering res judicata and forfeiture. … I believe today’s decision is inconsistent with the principles we established in Boclair .
Cited 0 timesPublished76 N.E.3d 1283 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 30, 2016
The village election board concluded that the proposition was vague and ambiguous because it did not clearly state whether the term limits were prospective or retroactive. … Citing the criteria established in Leck, we concluded that “[t]he nonpartisan referendum proposition is too vague and ambiguous to qualify as a binding referendum *** because it leaves in its wake significant
Cited 3 timesUnpublished2017 IL 120350 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 30, 2018
The question was not clearly addressed in City of Chicago v. … California, 314 U.S. 252, 265 (1941)). ¶ 50 The author further explained that “[t]he clause, for the common good, qualifies an otherwise unqualified provision: it is ambiguous and undefined.
Cited 13 timesPublished2026 IL 131340 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 28, 2026
And clearly, evidence of the victim’s propensity for violence is crucial to a defendant’s claim of self-defense. … Significantly, the word “prior” is the only qualifying word regarding what type of violent conduct may be admitted. See id.
Cited 7 timesPublishedInternational Ass'n of Fire Fighters, Local 50 v. City of Peoria
2021 IL 127040 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 21, 2022
, admissions and affidavits on file, when viewed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is clearly … ¶ 34 Also, the ordinance’s definition runs afoul of what would qualify as a line-of- duty disability.
Cited 0 timesPublishedOglesby v. Springfield Marine Bank
385 Ill. 414 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 18, 1944
Appellee Springfield Marine Bank is the duly qualified and acting trustee undér said will. John G. Oglesby died testate on May 25, 1938. … Here it-was claimed that the omitted parties were beneficiaries of the trust sought to be established by appellants. From the instrument executed on April 22, 1925, it appears that John G.
Cited 64 timesPublished292 Ill. 154 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 18, 1920
It was there held that the remainder was vested in the children of the testator and that the gifts over were clearly' expressed in terms as conditions subsequent; that the remainder to the children was subject to the shifting … It is well established as a general rule that co-tenants may partition the property among themselves by mutual agreement, (21 Am. & Eng.
Cited 37 timesPublished2014 IL 114463 · Illinois Supreme Court · Sep 9, 2014
Clearly, that is not the case. And so I appreciate Ms. Bruzan bringing it to my attention. … A continuance under supervision was clearly not in this respondent’s interest or that of the public.
Cited 37 timesPublished
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