State v. Robert’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
August 2014
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lockett v. Ohio · Woodson v. North Carolina · Schriro v. Landrigan · California v. Ramos · Commonwealth v. McKenna
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.
“[Similar cases for purposes of SDCL 23A-27A-12(3) are those cases in which a capital sentencing proceeding was actually conducted, whether the sentence imposed was life or death. Because the aim of proportionality review is to ascertain what other capital sentencing authorities have done with similar capital murder offenses, the only cases that could be deemed similar ... are those in which imposition of the death penalty was properly before the sentencing authority for determination.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Berget · State v. Piper
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.