State v. Wheeler

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that presumptive life sentence imposed pursuant to ORS 137.719(1) is facially constitutional under Article I, section 16
• explaining that the standard for displacing a legislatively prescribed sentence under Article I, section 16, is one “that would find a penalty to be disproportionately severe for a particular offense only in rare circumstances”
• applying “shock the moral sense” standard to claim that sentence was not proportioned to the offense
• the Supreme Court “consistently has adhered to the view that it is the province of the leg- islature to establish the penalties for the violations of the various criminal statutes” (internal quotation marks and brackets omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Clemons
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2012-04-19· cited 213×
• State v. Rodriguez/Buck
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2009-09-24· cited 151×
• State v. Ryan
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2017-06-22· cited 56×
• State v. Althouse
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2016-06-16· cited 39×
• State v. Alwinger
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2010-07-14· cited 26×
• State v. Shaw
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2010-01-27· cited 20×
• State v. Bartol
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2021-10-07· cited 20×
• State v. Davidson
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2016-09-22· cited 19×
• State v. Wiese
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2010-11-03· cited 14×
• State v. Carey-Martin
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2018-09-06· cited 14×
• State v. Camacho-Garcia
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2014-12-31· cited 14×
• Jewell v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2011-11-30· cited 13×
• State v. Horner
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2020-09-02· cited 13×
• State v. Parra-Sanchez
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2023-03-22· cited 13×
• Real v. Nooth
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2015-02-04· cited 12×
• State v. Le
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2023-07-19· cited 10×
• David Michael Norgaard
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2014-12-09· cited 9×
• State v. Sokell
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2015-09-16· cited 9×
• State Ex Rel. Engweiler v. Powers
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2009-11-25· cited 8×
• State v. Miller
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2018-05-09· cited 7×

Cites

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

• Harmelin v. Michigan
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-27· cited 4,521×
• Solem v. Helm
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-28· cited 4,242×
• Ewing v. California
  Supreme Court· 2003-03-05· cited 1,555×
• Priest v. Pearce
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1992-10-22· cited 177×
• State Ex Rel. Huddleston v. Sawyer
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1997-02-21· cited 171×
• Smothers v. Gresham Transfer, Inc.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2001-05-10· cited 156×
• State v. Shumway
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1981-06-23· cited 108×
• Cannon v. Gladden
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1955-03-23· cited 98×
• State v. Rogers
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1992-07-09· cited 88×
• State v. Isom
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1992-07-09· cited 79×
• State v. Le Pitre
  Washington Supreme Court· 1909-07-14· cited 77×
• State v. Ciancanelli
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2005-09-29· cited 69×
• State v. Hicks
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1958-05-14· cited 67×
• Conner v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1993-12-30· cited 54×
• State v. Ferman-Velasco
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2002-02-28· cited 52×
• Sustar v. County Court
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1921-10-25· cited 52×
• Billings v. Gates
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1996-05-09· cited 39×
• Tuel v. Gladden
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1963-03-20· cited 38×
• Jensen v. Gladden
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1962-06-13· cited 34×
• Taylor v. Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1987-08-21· cited 33×