651 So. 2d 492 - State v. Gordon’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
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cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
February 2003
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Sepulvado · 404 So. 2d 1205 - State v. Campbell · 414 So. 2d 1210 - State v. Howard · 639 So. 2d 237 - State v. Smith · State v. Polkey
Most-quoted passages
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“so grossly disproportionate to the severity of the crime as to shock our sense of justice or ... makes no measurable contribution to acceptable penal goals and, therefore, constitutes nothing more than a needless imposition of pain and suffering.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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