People v. Toolate’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 28 Ill. 2d 441 - The People v. Johnson · 22 Ill. 2d 540 - The PEOPLE v. Soznowski · 42 Ill. App. 3d 624 - People v. Sigman · 50 Ill. App. 2d 238 - People v. Hutchinson · 98 Ill. App. 2d 296 - People v. Jackson
Most-quoted passages
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““Intent must ordinarily be proved circumstantially, by inferences drawn from conduct appraised in its factual environment. *** [I]n the absence of inconsistent circumstances, proof of unlawful breaking and entry into a building which contains personal property that could be the subject of larceny gives rise to an inference that will sustain a conviction of burglary. Like other inferences, this one is grounded in human experience, which justifies the assumption that the unlawful entry was not purposeless, and in the absence of other proof, indicates theft as the most likely purpose.” (Emphasis added.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.