State v. Castaneda

How courts have described this case

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

• emphasizing parole and commutation are different legal concepts, because parole is “‘a regular part of the rehabilitative process,’” while commutation is exercise of executive clemency
• offender sentenced to minimum of life imprisonment is not eligible for parole
• “‘a new rule for the conduct of criminal prosecutions is to be applied retroactively to all cases, state or federal, pending on direct review or not yet final, with no exception for cases in which the new rule constitutes a “clear break” with the past’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Allen
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2018-11-16· cited 365×
• State v. Henry
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2016-02-26· cited 333×
• State v. Thieszen
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2016-12-09· cited 129×
• State v. Castaneda
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2017-01-13· cited 77×
• State v. Cardeilhac
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2016-04-01· cited 73×
• State of Iowa v. Yvette Marie Louisell
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2015-06-26· cited 67×
• State v. Henderson
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2014-10-17· cited 38×
• State v. Duncan
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2015-10-23· cited 11×
• State ex rel. Hilgers v. Evnen
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2025-04-18· cited 8×
• State v. Ware
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2015-10-30· cited 5×
• State v. Nollett
  Nebraska Court of Appeals· 2020-12-15· cited 5×
• State of Iowa v. Eric William Querrey
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2015-10-30· cited 4×
• State ex rel. Spung v. Evnen
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2024-10-16· cited 4×
• State v. Casterline
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2015-05-22· cited 3×
• State v. Washington
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2018-10-26· cited 2×
• State v. Wyrick
  Nebraska Court of Appeals· 2023-05-02· cited 2×
• State v. Wetherell
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2014-10-24

Cites

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

• Miller v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 2012-06-25· cited 6,816×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Solem v. Helm
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-28· cited 4,242×
• Graham v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 2010-05-17· cited 3,477×
• Griffith v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1987-01-13· cited 3,380×
• Crane v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-09· cited 2,651×
• Weaver v. Graham
  Supreme Court· 1981-02-24· cited 2,482×
• Dobbert v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 1,651×
• United States v. Scheffer
  Supreme Court· 1998-03-31· cited 1,617×
• Holmes v. South Carolina
  Supreme Court· 2006-05-01· cited 1,409×
• State v. Urbano
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1999-02-12· cited 240×
• State v. Randolph
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1971-01-22· cited 130×
• State v. Marrs
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2006-11-09· cited 119×
• State v. Vela
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2010-01-08· cited 116×
• State v. Russell
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1995-10-27· cited 58×
• State v. Groff
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1995-03-10· cited 47×
• Julio Bonilla Vs. State Of Iowa
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2010-12-17· cited 45×
• State v. McDonough
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1976-01-12· cited 43×
• Otey v. State
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1992-05-29· cited 39×
• State v. Green
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1989-10-27· cited 38×