Dyer v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
August 1976
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roberts v. State · Morrison v. State · Love v. State · Dean 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Regarding the punishment assessed by the jury, it cannot be said that it was excessive. The sentence assessed the defendant was within the limits prescribed by law. This Court cannot conscientiously say that under all the facts and circumstances the sentence is so exces sive as to shock the conscience of the Court. ...” (Citation omitted)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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