State v. Davis

How courts have described this case

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

• reviewing court must determine whether sentence is so disproportionate as to shock “the conscience of society”
• reviewing court must determine whether sentence is so disproportionate as to shock \the conscience of society\
• not cruel and unusual to subject a felon with two prior convictions to a minimum sentence of ten years imprisonment
• Forty to fifty year sentence for possession of dangerous drugs for sale
• applying former Rule 231, 1956 Rules Cr. Proc.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• United States v. Peterson
  Fourth Circuit· 1975-08-19· cited 145×
• State v. Berger
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2006-05-10· cited 122×
• State v. Davis
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2003-10-30· cited 93×
• Commonwealth v. Sullens
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-19· cited 60×
• State v. Harris
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1992-12-07· cited 59×
• State v. Bartlett
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1992-05-08· cited 48×
• State v. Mulalley
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1980-09-11· cited 46×
• State v. Bartlett
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 43×
• State v. Pacheco
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1978-11-22· cited 30×
• Ellis v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1976-08-09· cited 20×
• Barnett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-07-30· cited 20×
• State Ex Rel. Bowers v. Superior Court
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1992-07-30· cited 18×
• State v. Ross
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1990-08-21· cited 18×
• State v. Cook
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1977-03-29· cited 18×
• In Re Rhead
  D. Arizona· 1995-02-08· cited 17×
• State v. Ferrell
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 10×
• State v. Vandeveer
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1975-03-25· cited 9×
• In Re the Appeals in Maricopa County Juvenile Actions No. JV119590 & No. JV118201
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1990-11-06· cited 7×
• State v. Hall
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1978-03-31· cited 6×
• State v. Reed
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1978-06-20· cited 6×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Anderson
  California Supreme Court· 1972-02-18· cited 382×
• State v. Tacon
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1971-09-23· cited 47×
• State v. Superior Court
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1957-05-21· cited 11×
• State v. Taylor
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1969-03-07· cited 10×