Houston v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that a full explanation of a sentence “contributes to the rationality of the sentence, facilitates the reviewing court’s evaluation of the propriety of the sentence, and fosters public confidence in the criminal justice system”
• observing that a full explanation of a sentence “contributes to the rationality of the sentence, facilitates the reviewing court’s evaluation of the propriety of the sentence, and fosters public confidence in the criminal justice system”
• isolation is not synonomous with incarceration; as a sentencing goal, it is reserved for those who cannot be deterred or rehabilitated

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Larson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1984-09-14· cited 44×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1984-02-24· cited 34×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1984-12-21· cited 28×
• Bolhouse v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1984-09-07· cited 24×
• Faulkenberry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1982-08-20· cited 18×
• Weitz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1990-07-20· cited 13×
• Hernandez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1984-11-30· cited 5×
• Nick Arthorneal Frankson v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2022-09-16
• Winona M. Fletcher v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2023-05-12
• Nick A. Frankson v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2022-09-16

Cites

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

• State v. Chaney
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1970-12-07· cited 600×
• McClain v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-03-15· cited 593×
• Houston v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-11-16· cited 79×
• Asitonia v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1973-04-13· cited 67×
• Amidon v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-12-21· cited 61×
• Andrews v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-07-14· cited 53×
• Padie v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-04-27· cited 48×
• Perrin v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-12-05· cited 38×
• Abraham v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-10-13· cited 36×
• Huckaby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1981-09-03· cited 31×
• Avery v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1973-09-28· cited 30×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1981-02-19· cited 29×
• Evans v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-02-03· cited 20×
• Good v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-02-09· cited 18×
• Soroka v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-07-27· cited 16×
• Notaro v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-04-04· cited 15×
• LaBarbera v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-08-17· cited 14×
• State v. Ahwinona
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1981-08-27· cited 13×
• Alpiak v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-07-28· cited 9×
• Nelson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1980-11-13· cited 9×