Denson v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that \the district court must refrain from punishing a defendant for prior uncharged crimes\
• holding that it is improper to impose a sentence that intends to punish a defendant for uncharged crimes, while noting that such crimes may be considered as part of a fuller assessment of the defendant's life and moral propensities
• reiterating that this court \will reverse a sentence if it is supported solely by impalpable and highly suspect evidence\
• reiterating that this court \will reverse a sentence if it is supported solely by impalpable and highly suspect evidence\
• observing that the sentencing court may consider information that gives the court a sense of the defendant's life and conduct
• finding error where the trial judge’s remarks at sentencing indicated an intent to punish for uncharged crimes

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Goudge v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2012-10-25· cited 14×
• Pierre Imbert v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-01-07· cited 11×
• Taylor (Donald) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-09-18· cited 11×
• COCKING (SAMUEL) v. STATE
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2025-04-24· cited 2×
• Ashley (Tyler) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2019-10-24
• Stratton (Jason) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-03-17
• Degen, Sr. (John) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-05-29
• Daveshwar (Sanjiv) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-07-16
• Wallman (Trinity) Vs. Warden
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-09-18
• Knight (Wilbert) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-11-09
• Culletto (Michael) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-11-13
• Richardson (Gregory) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-12-16
• Taft-Bekman (Joshua) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2021-01-15
• Gravelle (Daniel) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2021-04-19
• Davis (Kenneth) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2021-06-11
• Baker (Joey) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2021-06-11
• Scott (Christian) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2021-07-09
• Talley (Charles) Vs. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2021-10-15
• Alfaro v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2023-08-24

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Williams v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1949-06-06· cited 2,766×
• United States v. Janice Weston, A/K/A Janice Wallace
  Ninth Circuit· 1971-09-03· cited 229×
• Silks v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1976-02-12· cited 154×
• United States v. William B. Trigg
  Seventh Circuit· 1968-05-27· cited 48×
• Riker v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1995-11-01· cited 35×
• United States v. Schipani
  E.D. New York· 1970-06-04· cited 17×
• Renard v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1978-06-28· cited 5×
• Sheriff v. Morfin
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1991-08-27· cited 4×

Other cases named Denson v. State

100 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Denson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-11-16· cited 23×
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-05-13· cited 23×
• Denson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1975-07-09· cited 23×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-04-13· cited 22×
• Denson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-12-23· cited 21×
• Denson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1960-01-22· cited 19×
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-04-17· cited 17×
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-02-15· cited 16×
• Denson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1920-10-12· cited 16×
• Denson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1952-10-14· cited 14×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1973-06-12· cited 13×
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-08-22· cited 13×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-03-09· cited 13×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-03-08· cited 11×
• Denson v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1951-08-21· cited 11×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-01-29· cited 9×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-09-29· cited 8×
• Denson v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2000-09-26· cited 7×
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-07-18· cited 7×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1970-05-20· cited 6×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-03-09· cited 6×
• Denson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-06-20· cited 6×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-05-20· cited 6×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2003-10-28· cited 5×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-04-17· cited 5×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-09-25· cited 4×
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-03-21· cited 4×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1921-03-08· cited 3×
• Denson v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1966-06-07· cited 3×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1977-06-28· cited 3×
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-08-12· cited 3×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-06-10· cited 2×
• Denson v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1951-11-23· cited 2×
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1973-10-16· cited 2×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1979-08-21· cited 2×
• Denson v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1979-11-02· cited 2×
• Denson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-07-27· cited 2×
• Denson v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2011-03-01· cited 1×
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-04-05· cited 1×
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-07-01· cited 1×
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-03-16· cited 1×
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-06-02· cited 1×
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-02-19· cited 1×
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-05-03· cited 1×
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-03-31
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-01-30
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-02-11
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-02-20
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-04-29
• Denson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-03-18