Miller v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
29
cited by 29 later decisions
1
states following
April 2023
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Witherspoon v. Illinois · Lockett v. Ohio · Wainwright v. Witt · Mincey v. Arizona
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s protection from cruel and unusual punishment to execute a person who is mentally retarded. [Atkins, 536 U.S. at 304 , 122 S.Ct. 2242 .] Arkansas law likewise prohibits a death sentence for anyone who is mentally retarded at the time of an offense. Ark.Code Ann. § 5-4 — 618(b).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sasser v. Hobbs
How this case has been treated — in progress
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