Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
2
states following
February 2016
most recently cited
8 federal appellate · 11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Brown v. Illinois · Penry v. Lynaugh
Most-quoted passages
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“It is difficult to imagine how appellant could not have reasonably foreseen the impact that the victims’ deaths luould have on others. The victim impact evidence, therefore, was relevant to the “future dangerousness” issue.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Solomon v. State“to future dangerousness, assuming the defendant was unaware, at the time of the crime, of the victim's character or of the impact that the victim's deaths would have on others. Id. at 261 n. 16. Thus,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Solomon v. State“[v]ictim impact and character evidence of which a defendant is aware at the time he commits the crime is necessarily relevant to his future dangerousness and moral culpability.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Solomon v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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