Gray v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• acknowledging that Alaska’s cruel and unusual punishment prohibition concerns both “the characteristics of the penalty imposed” and “the characteristics of the offender”
• acknowledging that Alaska’s cruel and unusual punishment prohibition concerns both “the characteristics of the penalty imposed” and “the characteristics of the offender”
• reviewing sentence to determine if trial court gave juvenile offender’s prospects for rehabilitation “careful scrutiny and appropriate weight”
• 109 years with 44 years suspended (65 years to serve) with parole eligibility after 21 years, 8 months
• “A sentencing system that specifies progressively harsher penalties for more progressively serious classes of – 10 – 2789 For all these reasons, we agree with the superior court that the legislative classification adopted in AS 12.55.027(g

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Watson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2017-05-19· cited 1×
• Cynthia Lord v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2021-04-23
• Winona M. Fletcher v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2023-05-12
• Marvin Joe Kelila v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2024-08-23
• Philip C. Wilson v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2025-08-01

Cites

31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Roper v. Simmons
  Supreme Court· 2005-03-01· cited 3,523×
• Kennedy v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 2008-06-25· cited 620×
• State v. Chaney
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1970-12-07· cited 600×
• McClain v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-03-15· cited 593×
• Loggins v. Thomas
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-09-07· cited 101×
• Rust v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-09-15· cited 56×
• State v. Wentz
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1991-02-01· cited 49×
• State v. Andrews
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2011-01-25· cited 39×
• Jackson v. Norris
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2011-02-09· cited 39×
• Abraham v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-10-13· cited 36×
• Dancer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1986-03-14· cited 35×
• Weston v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1984-05-18· cited 31×
• Riley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1986-06-13· cited 29×
• Green v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1964-03-25· cited 26×
• Ridgely v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1987-07-24· cited 24×
• Martin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1983-06-10· cited 19×
• Jackson v. Hobbs
  Supreme Court· 2011-11-07· cited 18×
• Stanek v. Kenai Peninsula Borough
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2003-12-05· cited 14×
• Miller v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 2011-11-07· cited 14×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2006-11-24· cited 11×