Case law

People v. Walter

Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 29, 2007

During their conversation, defendant told Officer Fuchs that he had come from an establishment called Fox and Hounds that serves food and liquor. … In fact, only two of the cases discussed above, Carlson and Nagel, clearly indicate the nature of the officers' requests.

People v. Hunter

331 Ill. App. 3d 1017 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 28, 2002

Smithee was also unable to read clearly the name of the person who had signed the check. … The parties stipulated that a qualified questioned-documents examiner had examined copies of the check and the traffic ticket.

People v. Mack

2024 IL App (4th) 240483-U · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 25, 2024

The court found clear and convincing evidence defendant committed one or more qualifying offenses. … ¶ 23 The record reveals the trial court did not err in finding the State clearly and convincingly proved this ground.

People v. Ernsting

94 N.E.3d 1278 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jan 31, 2018

Colvis indicated that he was not qualified to testify regarding how blood in a subject’s mouth might affect the reliability of the results of a breath-alcohol test. … ¶ 18 Following the presentation of the defendant’s evidence, the trial court determined that the defendant had established a prima facie case that the results of her breath-alcohol test were unreliable.

In Re Marriage of Bonneau

294 Ill. App. 3d 720 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Feb 9, 1998

Petitioner refused to produce the requested records, despite a trial court order to the contrary, arguing that the records were protected from disclosure under the privilege established in the AIDS Confidentiality Act (Act … On July 8, 1996, respondent filed a motion to produce medical records alleging that "on information and belief, [petitioner] was recently hospitalized for an immune system disorder (blood disease and pneumonia)."

Crawford County State Bank v. Marine American National Bank

199 Ill. App. 3d 236 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 27, 1990

The court ruled Janiak was not qualified as an expert witness and rejected the offer of proof. … He does not contact the transfer agent to establish ownership. The value assigned by Marine to the stock in the First State Bank of Monticello was $130 per share.

Qualizza v. Freeman

2024 IL App (1st) 231534-U · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jul 26, 2024

¶ 18 The circuit court then found that each Publication was sufficiently pertinent to the litigation to qualify for the exception under Illinois law. … ¶ 34 First, the email chain contained in Publication #1 demonstrates why each Publication qualifies as “related” per the requirements of the privilege.

Bruntjen v. Bethalto Pizza, LLC

2014 IL App (5th) 120245 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Oct 28, 2014

In Martin, the court found that “McDonald’s clearly established a security policy which unquestionably included a follow-up. Nevertheless, its key security people *** admittedly failed to follow up.” … Again, any requirement that a delivery be made “timely” was qualified by the requirement that the delivery also be made safely.

Petrillo v. Syntex Laboratories, Inc.

148 Ill. App. 3d 581 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 26, 1986

Indeed, the Opinion is qualified; it specifically does not address what impact a State law protecting physician-patient communications has on the question of whether a defense attorney may properly interview a plaintiff’s … The authority cited by Tobin is clearly distinguishable from the case at bar. Tobin cites Coda v. Costa Line, Inc. (N.D. Ill. 1981), 93 F.R.D. 95 , and In re Grand Jury Proceedings (W.D. Va. 1983), 558 F.

People v. Jackson

2026 IL App (2d) 240636-U · Appellate Court of Illinois · Feb 9, 2026

Conduct qualifies as “passive” when it “does not involve exerting will on the external world.” Passive conduct, Black’s Law Dictionary (12th ed. 2024). … Surely, from J.F.’s position within the “external world,” defendant, by demanding money while displaying a knife, was clearly exerting his will.

Kloeppel v. Champaign County Board

186 N.E.3d 1094 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Nov 12, 2021

conclusion that the legislature was not contemplating the “County board” being included with “boards and commissions” in section 2-5009(d) because when the legislature refers to the “county board” it does so clearly … Section 2-5011 provides: “In case of the death, resignation or other inability of the county executive to act, the board shall select a person qualified under Section 2-5008 and Section 25-11 of the Election

Ontiveroz v. Khokhar

229 N.E.3d 997 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Nov 16, 2023

In general, as to both counts of the original petition, petitioner alleged that he was a registered voter in Glendale Heights and was a duly qualified candidate for the position of village president “voted upon at the April … , among other things, the allegations did not establish a likely change in the election results.

In re Marriage of Bean-Oyler

2025 IL App (4th) 250319-U · Appellate Court of Illinois · Nov 6, 2025

App. 3d 691, 694 (1992) (recognizing that “the issue of maintenance is interrelated with the distribution of the marital property,” though they are “clearly not the same thing”). … That is clearly not applicable here, where the court explicitly found, after considering all the relevant factors in section 504 of the Dissolution Act, that Heather was entitled to maintenance.

People v. Costic

2020 IL App (3d) 150253-U · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 3, 2020

“Matters of trial strategy are generally immune from claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.” People v. Morris, 2013 IL App (1st) 110413, ¶ 74. … Moreover, if subsection (1) is found to have a clearly articulated or clearly implied felonious purpose or intent, it appears that purpose would likely be disturbance of the public peace.

People v. Collins

2025 IL App (4th) 240364-U · Appellate Court of Illinois · Apr 1, 2025

And - 16 -  then only to qualify and explain it away.” … An express agreement is not necessary to establish a common purpose to commit a crime, and accountability may be established by a defendant’s knowledge of and participation in the criminal scheme, even without evidence

People v. Anderson

Appellate Court of Illinois · Apr 11, 2006

Officer Koehn testified that he and Officer Berke used clearly audible voices. When they called out to defendant, he began to run. … On appeal, the defendant argues that the undisputed facts in Set A do not establish his guilt.

Kleiss v. Bozdech

285 Ill. Dec. 89 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 9, 2004

At this point in the proceedings, the court should have considered only whether Bateman and Ries would be qualified to testify as experts at trial. … Bateman testified that 2,4-D damage was clearly identifiable but later testified that Banvel or Dicamba damage would be similar.

People v. Gibbs

2022 IL App (5th) 200096-U · Appellate Court of Illinois · May 16, 2022

¶ 107 The supreme court qualified this holding in two important respects. … Because the arguments lacked merit, we find that the defendant has failed to establish prejudice as required under Strickland.

Moore v. The Board of Education of the City of Chicago

56 N.E.3d 457 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 21, 2016

another way, whether the rule of law as applied to the established facts is or is not violated.” … In such circumstances, we review an agency’s decision under the clearly erroneous standard of review. Swoope, 323 Ill. App. 3d at 529.

May v. Industrial Commission

195 Ill. App. 3d 468 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Feb 6, 1990

The program was seeking young persons, and the claimant did not qualify. … Further, the evidence that the doctor told the claimant of the importance of taking this medication and the long-range effects of not doing so was vague and did not clearly establish that the claimant was told specifically