State v. Massey

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that sentence of life imprisonment without parole, applied to a 13 year old, did not violate the Eighth Amendment
• approving true life sentence imposed on youth convicted of committing murder at thirteen years of age
• finding no cause to create a distinction between 13-year- old juvenile and an adult who are sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for first degree aggravated murder
• planned presence of a deadly weapon adequate to allow issue of premeditation to go to jury
• evidence the defendant brought a gun to the murder site supported finding of premeditation
• planned presence of a deadly weapon adequate to allow issue of premeditation to go to jury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Pirtle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-10-12· cited 563×
• State v. Gentry
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-01-25· cited 498×
• State v. Finch
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-05-06· cited 412×
• Matter of Ernesto M., Jr.
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1996-02-01· cited 348×
• State v. Furman
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-09-30· cited 113×
• State v. Bassett
  Washington Supreme Court· 2018-10-18· cited 103×
• State v. Cornejo
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-11-07· cited 97×
• Hawkins v. Hargett
  Tenth Circuit· 1999-12-29· cited 93×
• In Re Boot
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-11-07· cited 88×
• People v. Launsburry
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1996-08-12· cited 75×
• State v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-11-25· cited 61×
• Michael E. HARRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Robert WRIGHT, Superintendent, Clallam Bay Correction Center, Respondent-Appellee
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-08-19· cited 51×
• Wallace v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-08-01· cited 36×
• State v. Ra
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2008-01-29· cited 34×
• State v. Jensen
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1998-05-27· cited 33×
• State v. Miller
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1998-10-02· cited 31×
• State v. Rueda
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1998-12-16· cited 28×
• State v. Miller
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1998-12-11· cited 28×
• In re the Personal Restraint of Hegney
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-05-15· cited 27×
• State v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-12-28· cited 26×

Cites

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

• Taylor v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1975-01-21· cited 2,446×
• Kent v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1966-03-22· cited 2,202×
• Fare v. Michael C.
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 1,729×
• State v. Green
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-08-28· cited 1,403×
• Coker v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-29· cited 1,233×
• Carter v. Jury Comm'n of Greene Cty.
  Supreme Court· 1970-01-19· cited 459×
• State v. Valladares
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-06-02· cited 112×
• State v. Bingham
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-05-15· cited 82×
• State v. Pettitt
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-04-17· cited 73×
• State v. Holland
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-01-06· cited 70×
• State v. Hobart
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-10-02· cited 65×
• State v. Valladares
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1982-01-15· cited 53×
• State v. Toomey
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1984-11-05· cited 46×
• State v. Anderson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1987-02-26· cited 44×
• State v. Ellison
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1984-01-25· cited 36×
• State v. Rowe
  Washington Supreme Court· 1970-05-07· cited 35×
• Dutil v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-01-31· cited 32×
• State v. Hoyt
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1981-05-18· cited 27×
• State v. Stiltner
  Washington Supreme Court· 1962-12-27· cited 21×
• State v. Hodges
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1981-04-14· cited 18×