People v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently July 2018
18 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 8 Cal. 3d 410 - In Re Lynch · 43 Cal. 3d 1002 - People v. Woodhead · 52 Cal. 3d 894 - People v. Pieters · 42 Cal. 3d 891 - People v. Overstreet · 30 Cal. 3d 721 - Marina Point, Ltd. v. Wolfson
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`Whether a particular punishment is disproportionate to the offense is, of course, a question of degree. The choice of fitting and proper penalties is not an exact science, but a legislative skill involving an appraisal of the evils to be corrected, the weighing of practical alternatives, consideration of relevant policy factors, and responsiveness to the public will; in appropriate cases, some leeway for experimentation may also be permissible. The judiciary, accordingly, should not interfere in this process unless a statute prescribes a penalty”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“`Only when the punishment is out of all proportion to the offense and is clearly an extraordinary penalty for a crime of ordinary gravity committed under ordinary circumstances, do the courts denounce it as unusual.' [Citation.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[citations], i.e., so severe in relation to the crime as to violate the prohibition against cruel or unusual punishment.' [Citation.]”
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.