Thomas v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a fifty-year sentence did not violate the life-without-parole dictates of Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010)
• concluding that juvenile’s, concurrent fifty-year sentences were not the functional equivalent of life sentences
• deciding under Graham, that while at some point term-of-years sentence may become functional equivalent of life, 50-year sentence is not functional equivalent
• discussing that while some sentences “may become the functional equivalent of a life sentence, we do not believe that situation has occurred in the instant case”
• discussing that while some sentences “may become the functional equivalent of a life sentence, we do not believe that situation has occurred in the instant case”
• affirming a 50-year sentence with a 25-year minimum mandatory for a 17-year old-defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Rainer
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2013-04-11· cited 340×
• State of Iowa v. Denem Anthony Null
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2013-08-16· cited 303×
• Henry v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-03-19· cited 141×
• State v. Cardeilhac
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2016-04-01· cited 73×
• State v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2013-05-07· cited 65×
• Henry v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-01-20· cited 62×
• New Jersey v. Zuber
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2015-10-30· cited 44×
• Floyd v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-04-12· cited 35×
• Guzman v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-03-13· cited 25×
• Kelsey v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-05-29· cited 24×
• Adams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-08-08· cited 21×
• Thomas v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-04-16· cited 19×
• Abrakata v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-06-18· cited 19×
• State v. Smith
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2017-03-03· cited 18×
• Gridine v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-12-30· cited 18×
• Darriue Montgomery v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-11-09· cited 16×
• Currie v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-05-31· cited 16×
• Smith v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-06-21· cited 13×
• People v. Lehmkuhl
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2013-06-20· cited 13×
• Williams v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-02-26· cited 12×