Falcon v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
24
cited by 24 later decisions
2
states following
March 2015
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 23 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Teague v. Lane · Miller v. Alabama · Witt v. State · Simmons v. State · Gonzalez v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“WHETHER THE RULE ESTABLISHED IN MILLER V. ALABAMA, - U.S. -, -, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 2460 , 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), “THAT MANDATORY LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE FOR THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 AT THE TIME OF THEIR CRIMES VIOLATES THE EIGHTH AMENDMENTE ],” SHOULD BE GIVEN RETROACTIVE EFFECT?”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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