State v. Stevenson’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Solem v. Helm · Robinson v. State of California · Coker v. Georgia · State v. Sepulvado · 603 So. 2d 739 - State v. Lobato
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the taxpayers of the state [will have to] feed, house, and clothe [her] for life.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Bentley · State v. Carter“[A] sentence is excessive and unconstitutional if it is grossly out of proportion to the severity of the crime or if it is nothing more than the purposeless and needless imposition of pain and suffering.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Williams“unable to conclude that this life sentence is not excessive under the constitutional standard.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Colton
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.