State v. Charles’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
5
states following
October 2020
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Solem v. Helm · Harmelin v. Michigan · Payne v. Tennessee · Roper Superintendent Potosi Correctional Center v. Simmons
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.
“[b]ecause [defendant] has the opportunity for release at age 60, his sentence does not 'guarantee[ ] he will die in prison without any meaningful opportunity to obtain release'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“meaningful opportunity to obtain release.”
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.