87 So. 3d 667 - Hall v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 2017
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Furman v. Georgia · Ring v. Arizona · 283 So. 2d 1 - State v. Dixon · Keener v. United States · 322 So. 2d 908 - Tedder v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“It is our interpretation that heinous means extremely wicked or shockingly evil; that atrocious means outrageously wicked and vile; and, that cruel means designed to inflict a high degree of pain with utter indifference to, or even enjoyment of, the suffering of others. What is intended to be included are those capital crimes where the actual commission of the capital felony was accompanied by such additional acts as to set the crime apart from the norm of capital felonies-the conscienceless or pitiless crime which is unnecessarily torturous to the victim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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