Ex Parte Harbor’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
2
states following
September 1991
most recently cited
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Solem v. Helm · Brown v. State · 54 Ala. App. 463 - Moore v. State · Shula v. State · 408 So. 2d 171 - Wallace v. State
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.
““We cannot agree with petitioner’s argument that the Supreme Court of the United States in Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277 , 103 S.Ct. 3001 [ 77 L.Ed.2d 637 ] (1983), required appellate courts to test all sentences against the proscription of the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the eighth amendment to the Constitution.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"(i) the gravity of the offense and the harshness of the penalty; (ii) the sentences imposed on other criminals in the same jurisdiction; and (iii) the sentences imposed for commission of the same crime in other jurisdictions." Solem v. Helm , 463 U.S. at 290 -91 , 103 S.Ct. at 3010.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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