Bray v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
31
cited by 31 later decisions
1
states following
November 1999
most recently cited
31 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Coker v. Georgia · Patterson v. State · Graham v. State · Gardner v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“"(1) makes no measurable contribution to acceptable goals of punishment such that it constitutes nothing more than the purposeless and needless imposition of pain and suffering; or "(2) is grossly out of proportion to the severity of the crime." Bray v. State, (1982) Ind., 430 N.E.2d 1162, 1167 , quoting Hawkins v. State, (1978) 269 Ind. 16, 19 , 378 N.E.2d 819, 820-821 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gaunt v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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