Supreme Court of Louisiana· 6/22/1981
State v. Sonnier
Citations
- 402 So. 2d 650
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- for jury to find that murder was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel requires a finding of torture or the pitiless infliction of unnecessary pain on the victim
- three additional first degree murder cases, one resulting in a second degree murder conviction, one resulting in a sentence of life, and the third, Eddie Sonnier’s, resulting in a death penalty set aside by Louisiana Supreme Court as disproportionate
- \The following shall be considered mitigating circumstances ...\
- two victims laying side by side shot and killed
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92 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. RamseurSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-03-05· cited 731×
- State v. LegerSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2006-07-10· cited 398×
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1994-05-23· cited 313×
- Mhoon v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1985-02-13· cited 301×
- Edwards v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1983-03-16· cited 296×
- State v. DraughnSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2007-01-17· cited 292×
- State v. WilleSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1990-03-12· cited 269×
- State v. BrogdonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1984-09-10· cited 247×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2005-06-29· cited 245×
- State v. RossSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-07-26· cited 228×
- State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1985-05-08· cited 195×
- State v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1994-10-21· cited 192×
- State v. WearySupreme Court of Louisiana· 2006-06-23· cited 172×
- State v. ManningSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2004-10-19· cited 159×
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1985-06-20· cited 158×
- State v. WillieSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1982-01-25· cited 152×
- State v. HowardSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1999-04-23· cited 148×
- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2004-04-14· cited 133×
- State v. KnightonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1983-05-23· cited 129×
- State v. FlowersSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1983-09-02· cited 127×
Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
- Godfrey v. GeorgiaSupreme Court· 1980-05-19· cited 1,672×
- State v. HolmesSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-09-24· cited 174×
- State v. SonnierSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-01-28· cited 139×
- State v. MonroeSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1981-04-06· cited 135×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-04-07· cited 126×
- State v. SonnierSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-03-12· cited 102×
- State v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1979-10-08· cited 69×
- State v. EnglishSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1979-01-29· cited 68×
- State v. PaytonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1978-08-18· cited 64×
- State v. McAllisterSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1978-12-15· cited 53×
- State v. CulberthSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-11-10· cited 41×
- State v. PrejeanSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-01-28· cited 40×
- State v. LinerSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1981-04-06· cited 33×
- State v. McDanielSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1976-10-14· cited 24×
- State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1978-06-19· cited 21×
- State v. DupreSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1979-04-09· cited 20×
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