State v. Houston

How courts have described this case

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

• remanding a 15 sentence for robbery by violence to permit a sentencing record to be developed
• “[Mjost courts which have considered open-ended sentencing statutes have upheld the constitutionality of the statute as against claims of cruel and unusual punishment.”
• \[M]ost courts which have considered open-ended sentencing statutes have upheld the constitutionality of the statute as against claims of cruel and unusual punishment.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Coles
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1983-10-24· cited 425×
• Wanstreet v. Bordenkircher
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-03-10· cited 241×
• State v. Cooper
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 145×
• State v. Fortner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-12-14· cited 92×
• State v. Buck
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-03-29· cited 73×
• State v. Slater
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2008-07-30· cited 63×
• State v. Adams
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2002-07-02· cited 62×
• State v. Buck
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-07-15· cited 61×
• State v. Glover
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-03-27· cited 47×
• State v. Ross
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-12-19· cited 40×
• Crain v. Bordenkircher
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-03-27· cited 40×
• State v. Mann
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1999-06-11· cited 33×
• State v. Brown
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-03-11· cited 32×
• State v. Collins
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 30×
• State Ex Rel. Hatcher v. McBride
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2007-11-09· cited 28×
• State v. Winston
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-07-15· cited 26×
• State v. Rogers
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-07-07· cited 23×
• State v. Phillips
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1997-04-10· cited 22×
• Lawyer Disciplinary Board v. Vieweg
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-07-11· cited 21×
• State v. Farmer
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-12-09· cited 20×

Cites

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

• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Ingraham v. Wright
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-19· cited 2,975×
• Rummel v. Estelle
  Supreme Court· 1980-03-18· cited 2,234×
• Trop v. Dulles
  Supreme Court· 1958-03-31· cited 2,182×
• Coker v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-29· cited 1,233×
• In Re Lynch
  California Supreme Court· 1972-12-04· cited 852×
• People v. Lorentzen
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1972-03-09· cited 181×
• The People v. Crews
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1967-11-30· cited 180×
• State v. Vance
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-01-22· cited 156×
• The People v. Adkins
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1968-11-22· cited 138×
• Troupe v. Rowe
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-07-05· cited 123×
• Commonwealth v. Green
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-05-08· cited 95×
• The People v. Popescue
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1931-06-18· cited 91×
• State v. Brewster
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-12-18· cited 65×
• State v. Johnson
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1961-05-05· cited 62×
• Martin v. Leverette
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-05-10· cited 57×
• Faulkner v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1968-10-14· cited 49×
• State v. Fortes
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1975-01-10· cited 41×
• State Ex Rel. Vascovich v. Skeen
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1953-06-09· cited 35×