784 So. 2d 230 - Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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19 state decisions

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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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “to the extent that it found a guarantee of proportionality in the Eighth Amendment. In light of Harmelin , it appears that Solem is to apply only when a threshold comparison of the crime committed to the sentence imposed leads to an inference of `gross disproportionality.'”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sumrell v. State · Day v. State

2. “We hold that a comparison of the crime to the sentence imposed does not lead to an inference of gross disproportionality. Therefore, the statistics, contained in Williams's supplement, are irrelevant. They become relevant only after an initial finding of an inference of gross disproportionality.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Edwards v. State

3. “However, where the record reflects that the court remained aloof from the bargaining process or was unaware of the bargaining, the court does not err in sentencing [a] defendant to a greater sentence than that which was offered in the plea bargaining process.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 891 So. 2d 268 - Rogers v. State