Meadoux v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 17 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio))
Relationships
Relies on Furman v. Georgia · Atkins v. Virginia · Penry v. Lynaugh · Robinson v. State of California · 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To the extent that any punishment has a deterrent effect on a teenager, the punishment of life with parole is itself a severe sanction, especially for a youth.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Bear Cloud v. State“[dleterrence, on the other hand, is not served by imposing life without parole, as opposed to imposing life with parole, on a juvenile capital offender.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Bear Cloud v. State“By denying the defendant the right to reenter the community, the State makes an frrevo-cable judgment about that person's value and place in society.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Bear Cloud v. State
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.