Johnson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting life imprisonment for homicide was sentence from territorial laws into statehood and “is a time honored and entirely humane method of punishing that crime”
• noting life imprisonment for homicide “is a time honored and entirely humane method of punishing that crime”
• stating a life sentence in prison is not cruel, in and of itself
• comparing state court decisions affirming various punishments for child abuse homicide
• rejecting argument the “uniqueness” of a sentencing scheme rendered it unusual
• \The imposition of a life sentence for a homicide is a time honored and entirely humane method of punishing that crime.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• People v. Clemons
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2012-04-19· cited 213×
• Wyatt L. Bear Cloud
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2014-09-10· cited 137×
• Yellowbear v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2008-01-14· cited 30×
• State v. Williams
  Utah Supreme Court· 2007-12-21· cited 24×
• Bear Cloud v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2012-02-09· cited 18×
• Willis v. Bender
  Tenth Circuit· 2010-03-03· cited 17×
• Hart v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2003-01-28· cited 14×
• State v. Rooney
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2011-02-23· cited 12×
• Burnett v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2011-12-28· cited 12×
• Kenneth Dale Nicodemus v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2017-03-22· cited 11×
• David Michael Norgaard
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2014-12-09· cited 9×
• State v. Sasai.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2018-10-29· cited 4×
• Daniel Ivan Villafana v. The State of Wyoming
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2022-10-25· cited 3×
• Christopher Robert Hicks v. The State of Wyoming
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2025-10-21· cited 3×
• Bolin v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2006-06-29· cited 2×
• United States v. Smallbear
  D. New Mexico· 2005-04-26· cited 1×
• Johnson v. Wyoming
  Supreme Court· 2003-10-06
• State v. Rooney
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2011-02-04
• Jim P. Benge, M.D. and Kelsey-Seybold Medical Group PLLC v. Lauren Williams
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2015-01-30
• Jason Sam Harris v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-09-27

Cites

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

• Yick Wo v. Hopkins
  Supreme Court· 1886-05-10· cited 3,789×
• Kolender v. Lawson
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-02· cited 3,306×
• Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-24· cited 1,862×
• Oyler v. Boles
  Supreme Court· 1962-02-19· cited 1,736×
• United States v. Batchelder
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-04· cited 1,568×
• Washakie County School District Number One v. Herschler
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1980-01-15· cited 263×
• United States v. Frega
  Ninth Circuit· 1999-06-08· cited 204×
• State v. Godsey
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-11-29· cited 198×
• State v. Mott
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1997-01-16· cited 160×
• People v. Marcy
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1981-03-09· cited 153×
• State v. Santillanes
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2001-06-29· cited 144×
• Nehring v. Russell
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1978-07-07· cited 104×
• State v. Shondel
  Utah Supreme Court· 1969-04-10· cited 78×
• State v. Fedorowicz
  Utah Supreme Court· 2002-07-19· cited 78×
• Bloomquist v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1996-04-03· cited 73×
• State v. Chavez
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1966-10-24· cited 56×
• Lukehart v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-09-28· cited 54×
• Compton v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1997-01-07· cited 51×
• State v. Modica
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1977-08-04· cited 51×
• Miller v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1995-10-06· cited 51×