Powell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
3
states following
July 2024
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Teague v. Lane · Furman v. Georgia · Ring v. Arizona
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Powell's death sentence must be vacated and he must be sentenced to 'imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life without benefit of probation or parole or any other reduction.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Zebroski v. State
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.