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192 So. 3d 813 - State v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis

2016

Citation profile

1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
April 2018
most recently cited

1 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Sepulvado · 384 So. 2d 355 - State v. Bonanno · 471 So. 2d 701 - State v. Cann · State v. Walker · 966 So. 2d 813 - State v. Perez

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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “For a sentence to be found excessive, it must be 'so grossly disproportionate to the crime committed, in light of the harm caused to society, as to shock our sense of justice.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “Excessive sentences are prohibited under the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution and La. Const. art. I, § 20.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “A sentence may be constitutionally excessive even when the sentence falls within the range permitted by statute.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.