103 Ill. 2d 1 - People v. Gacy’s Empirical Analysis

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16 federal appellate · 115 state decisions

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1. “"In reviewing the sufficiency of the complaint [for a search warrant] we are guided by the Supreme Court's statement in Spinelli v. United States (1969), 393 U.S. 410 , 21 L.Ed.2d 637 , 89 S.Ct. 584 , `that only the probability, and not a prima facie showing, of criminal activity is the standard of probable cause, Beck v. Ohio [(1964), 379 U.S. 89, 96 , 13 L.Ed.2d 142, 147-48 , 85 S.Ct. 223, 228 ]; that affidavits of probable cause are tested by much less rigorous standards than those governing the admissibility of evidence at trial, McCray v. Illinois [(1967), 386 U.S. 300, 311 , 18 L.Ed.2d 62, 70 , 87 S.Ct. 1056, 1062 ]; that in judging probable cause issuing magistrates are not to be confined by niggardly limitations or by restrictions on the use of their common sense, United States v. Ventresca [(1965), 380 U.S. 102, 108 , 13 L.Ed.2d 684, 688 , 85 S.Ct. 741, 745 ]; and that their determination of probable cause should be paid great deference by reviewing courts, Jones v. United States [(1960), 362 U.S. 257, 270-71 , 4 L.Ed.2d 697, 708 , 80 S.Ct. 725,735-36 ].' ( 393 U.S. 410, 419 , 21 L.Ed.2d 637, 645 , 89 S.Ct. 584, 590-91 .)"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 104 Ill. 2d 463 - People v. Stewart

2. ““We need not address the argument whether the jury was required to accept that the collective expert testimony in this case established that defendant was suffering from an extreme mental or emotional disturbance. As the People correctly point out, the decision at sentencing in a capital case is a balancing process. (People v. Brownell (1980), 79 Ill. 2d 508 .) While many labels were placed on defendant’s mental condition, all of the People’s experts characterized defendant’s defect as a personality or character disorder.” (People v. Gacy (1984), 103 Ill. 2d 1, 101-02 .)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 122 Ill. 2d 266 - People v. Crews

3. “But the slaughter continued until the disappearance of 15 year old Robert Piest on December 11, 1978. Piest vanished after telling his mother that he was going to see a building contractor about a summer job. The presence of Gacy's truck outside the place where Piest was to meet his potential employer led to Gacy's arrest within two days. 2 The discovery of so many skeletons, several with rags stuffed in the victims' mouths, created a national sensation. Gacy regaled the police with stories about his exploits, which he attributed to”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gacy v. Welborn