Foreman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 state decisions

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

1. “The nature and extent of penal sanctions is primarily a legislative consideration, and our review of legislative prescrip tions of punishment is “highly restrained” and “very deferential.” We ■will not disturb the legislature’s determination of the appropriate penalty unless there is a showing of clear constitutional infirmity. Additionally, we are not at liberty to set aside a legislatively sanctioned penalty merely because it seems too severe.”

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