State v. Seward

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• indicating that one need not reach the second two factors if one finds against defendant on the first Freeman factor
• clarifying that the comparison must be between the “same” offenses, not “similar” offenses
• clarifying that the comparison must be between die “same” offense, not “similar” offenses
• clarifying that the comparison must be between the \same\ offense, not \similar\ offenses
• defendant charged with two counts of rape and six counts of aggravated criminal sodomy given two life sentences
• “When considering a case-specific disproportionality challenge to a sentence under the Eighth Amendment and § 9, a district judge must make factual findings and draw conclusions of law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2014-03-07· cited 390×
• State v. Ballou
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2019-09-06· cited 109×
• Siruta Ex Rel. Heirs at Law of Siruta v. Siruta
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2015-04-24· cited 89×
• State v. Breeden
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-06-14· cited 61×
• State v. Spear
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-07-05· cited 52×
• State v. Bollinger
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2015-06-26· cited 49×
• State v. Wells
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-06-28· cited 40×
• State v. Declerck
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2014-02-07· cited 38×
• State v. Florentin
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-06-14· cited 35×
• State v. Cervantes-Puentes
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-06-14· cited 15×
• State v. Ochs
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-08-16· cited 12×
• State v. Kelsey
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2015-08-21· cited 11×
• State v. Srack
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2013-12-13· cited 8×
• T.N.Y. ex rel. Z.H. v. E.Y.
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2015-09-25· cited 7×
• State v. Conrad
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-04-12· cited 7×
• State v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-06-07· cited 4×
• State v. Wines
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2014-08-29· cited 3×
• State v. Collier
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2022-07-15· cited 2×
• State v. Wilkins
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2014-10-31· cited 2×
• In re T.N.Y.
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2015-09-25

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Graham v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 2010-05-17· cited 3,477×
• Robinson v. California
  Supreme Court· 1962-06-25· cited 2,369×
• Ewing v. California
  Supreme Court· 2003-03-05· cited 1,555×
• State v. Ortega-Cadelan
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2008-10-31· cited 162×
• State v. Mossman
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-07-27· cited 136×
• State v. Gomez
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2010-07-09· cited 106×
• State v. Berriozabal
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2010-12-10· cited 105×
• State v. Seward
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2009-10-02· cited 92×
• State v. Gideon
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1995-04-28· cited 83×
• State v. Gilliland
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-05-11· cited 73×
• State v. Cash
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2011-10-14· cited 61×
• State v. Woodard
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-07-13· cited 45×
• State v. Britt
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-11-02· cited 42×
• State v. Summers
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-02-03· cited 37×
• State v. Mondragon
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2009-12-04· cited 31×
• State v. Ross
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-08-31· cited 28×
• State v. Berniard
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2003-10-15· cited 26×
• Silva v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2012-03-12· cited 11×