Gray v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 18 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We have conducted that review and we find nothing which shows that the jury failed to fully consider the evidence presented both at trial and at sentencing or that the jury was otherwise improperly influenced to sentence Porter to death. Accordingly, we find that the imposition of the death sentence was not imposed as a result of passion, prejudice, or any other arbitrary factor. 2. EXCESSIVE AND DISPROPORTIONATE SENTENCE Porter's assignment of error states that the death sentence he received was”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Porter v. Com.

2. “consider and determine . . . [w]hether 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 passage
   e.g. Morva v. Com.

3. “`other sentencing bodies in this jurisdiction generally impose the supreme penalty for comparable or similar crimes, considering both the crime and the defendant.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Morva v. Com.