Tyree v. White’s Empirical Analysis
796 F.2d 390 · 1986
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wainwright v. Sykes · Missouri v. Hunter · Rose v. Clark · Chemical Manufacturers Ass'n v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Thompson v. Wainwright
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.
“In sum, a court’s proportionality analysis under the Eighth Amendment should be guided by objective criteria, including (i) the gravity of the offense and the harshness of the penalty; (ii) the sentences imposed on other criminals in the same jurisdiction; and (iii) the sentences imposed for commission of the same crime in other jurisdictions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Carlton
How this case has been treated — in progress
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