182 Ill. App. 3d 598 - People v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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1. “... During parental conferences, I attempted to express my concern over the character development of [Angela]. On numerous occasions, I found her to become an inveterate liar. It appeared to me that she was having a difficult time dealing with reality. This personality deficit was so severe that in layman’s terms she would in a second become Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. These severe swings sincerely caused personal consternation. Her thwarted attempts to manipulate resulted in behavior difficult for me to describe —”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Williams v. Washington