Veal v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roper Superintendent Potosi Correctional Center v. Simmons · State v. Parker · State v. Bruegger · Godinez v. White · State v. Murray
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Commutation of Sentence to Ragland exceeds the Governor’s authority.” Consequently, the district court refused to give effect to the commutation order and held that Ragland’s December 15, 1986 sentence violated the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 17 of the Iowa Constitution. . The Eighth Amendment reads,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A claim that a sentence is illegal goes to the underlying power of the court to impose a sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.