Edwards v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 federal appellate · 9 state decisions

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

1. ““• • • The fixing of penalties for crimes is a legislative function. What constitutes an adequate penalty is a matter of legislative judgment and discretion and the courts will not interfere therewith unless the penalty prescribed is clearly and manifestly cruel and unusual punishment. Where the sentence imposed is within the limits prescribed by the statutes for the offense committed, it ordinarily will not be regarded as cruel and unusual. Edwards v. United States, 206 F.2d 855 at p. 857 (Tenth Cir. 1953).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Karlin v. Oklahoma

2. “The protection of the Fourth Amendment securing people in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable search and seizure does not apply to `open fields.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 387 So. 2d 261 - Skipper v. State