Supreme Court of Missouri· 11/18/1986
State v. Bell
Citations
- 719 S.W.2d 763
- 1986 Mo. LEXIS 343
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that a sentence’s duration is not cruel and unusual unless it is so disproportionate that it shocks the moral sense of reasonable people
- punishment so disproportionate “as to shock the moral sense of reasonable people”
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Judges: Billings, Higgins, Blackmar, Don-Nelly, Robertson, Rendlen, Welliver
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20 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. WilliamsMissouri Court of Appeals· 1999-12-21· cited 53×
- State v. PribbleSupreme Court of Missouri· 2009-05-26· cited 29×
- State v. JohnsonMissouri Court of Appeals· 1989-02-28· cited 28×
- State v. McCleodMissouri Court of Appeals· 2006-03-21· cited 25×
- McIntosh v. PeopleSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2012-11-29· cited 19×
- State v. StoerMissouri Court of Appeals· 1993-09-01· cited 13×
- State v. WilliamsMissouri Court of Appeals· 1996-12-24· cited 11×
- State v. TaylorMissouri Court of Appeals· 1989-07-03· cited 10×
- State v. ClayMissouri Court of Appeals· 1999-11-30· cited 9×
- State v. HallMissouri Court of Appeals· 2001-08-21· cited 9×
- State v. JonesMissouri Court of Appeals· 1988-10-27· cited 8×
- State v. SpragginsMissouri Court of Appeals· 1992-07-21· cited 8×
- State v. SmithMissouri Court of Appeals· 1993-03-16· cited 7×
- State v. MorrisSupreme Court of Missouri· 1986-11-18· cited 6×
- State v. PattersonMissouri Court of Appeals· 1992-01-14· cited 6×
- State v. CushshonMissouri Court of Appeals· 2007-04-03· cited 5×
- Christopher Robert Hicks v. The State of WyomingWyoming Supreme Court· 2025-10-21· cited 3×
- Grady v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals· 1987-12-01· cited 2×
- Jones v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals· 1993-09-28
- State v. HalliburtonMissouri Court of Appeals· 1999-07-06
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court· 1983-06-28· cited 4,242×
- Friedman v. RogersSupreme Court· 1979-04-16· cited 415×
- State v. TurnerSupreme Court of Missouri· 1981-11-10· cited 198×
- State v. BolderSupreme Court of Missouri· 1982-07-06· cited 160×
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri· 1967-11-13· cited 64×
- State v. BurnsSupreme Court of Missouri· 1970-09-14· cited 62×
- State v. VirdureSupreme Court of Missouri· 1963-10-14· cited 57×
- State v. AgeeSupreme Court of Missouri· 1971-12-13· cited 51×
- State v. KoenSupreme Court of Missouri· 1971-06-28· cited 22×
- State v. ScarlettSupreme Court of Missouri· 1972-11-13· cited 17×
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