State v. Howse’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
June 1997
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Furman v. Georgia · Williams v. People of State of New York · United States v. Jackson · Beckwith v. United States
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The Legislature determines the purposes of sentencing and the particular penalty for an offense, and the courts may not interfere except in those instances where the sentence imposed violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, ... The method to be used by the judge or jury in reaching the sentence is also within the legislative domain, and absent a clear infringement of a constitutional right of the defendant, the courts may not interfere with the methods chosen by the Legislature.” State v. Howse, 634 S.W.2d 652, 656 (Tenn.Cr.App.1982).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Haynes
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.