State v. Robert’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
January 2013
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Furman v. Georgia · Zant v. Stephens · Jurek v. Texas · Proffitt v. Florida
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“With regard to the sentence, the Supreme Court shall determine: (1) Whether the sentence of death was imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice, or any other arbitrary factor; and (2) Whether the evidence supports the jury’s or judge’s finding of a statutory aggravating circumstance as enumerated in § 23A-27A-1; and (3) Whether the sentence of death is excessive or disproportionate to the penalty imposed in similar cases, considering both the crime and the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Robert“[¶ 17.] (1) Whether the sentence of death was imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice, or any other arbitrary factor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Robert
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.