Mann v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

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1. “This court has observed that challenges to the constitutionality of a statute begin •with a presumption in favor of the statute’s constitutionality and will not be overcome absent a clear showing to the contrary. This standard arguably is more deferential where the challenge is based on the Proportionality Clause, as our supreme court has stated repeatedly that[,] because criminal sanctions are a legislative prerogative, separation-of-powers principles require a reviewing court to afford substantial deference to the sanction the legislature has chosen. Accordingly, we will not disturb the legislative determination of the appropriate penalty for criminal behavior except upon a showing of clear constitutional infirmity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Phillip L. White v. State of Indiana

2. “knowingly or intentionally inflicts injury on a person that creates a substantial risk of death or causes: (1) serious permanent disfigurement; [or] (2) protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ[.]”

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