Waters v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• indicating that a sentence which may be too severe standing alone is justified when viewed in conjunction with totality of sentences received by the defendant on all pending charges
• grouping recommended by The President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society 513 (Avon 1968)
• sentences simultaneously imposed for sale of cocaine and armed robbery must be considered together in determining whether either is excessive.
• acts charged in an indictment, which is later dismissed, are not evidence of guilty conduct and are not to be relied on by sentencing judge
• defendant’s prior criminal record supported worst offender classification even though particular offense, viewed in isolation, would not have
• court held that a sentence that might appear excessive when viewed in isolation might be appropriate in light of the total sentence imposed for multiple crimes

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• McClain v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-03-15· cited 593×
• RLR v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1971-07-09· cited 178×
• State v. Green
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1973-04-09· cited 155×
• State v. Andrews
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1985-09-06· cited 142×
• State v. Wortham
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-07-03· cited 128×
• Hunter v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-02-16· cited 112×
• Evans v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-05-28· cited 112×
• Hawley v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-07-25· cited 97×
• Donlun v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-10-21· cited 92×
• Moreau v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-12-15· cited 92×
• Galaktionoff v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1971-07-01· cited 71×
• Leuch v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-09-25· cited 62×
• Daygee v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1973-10-12· cited 61×
• Barry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1984-02-03· cited 60×
• Burleson v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-12-22· cited 54×
• Wright v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1972-10-06· cited 53×
• Gonzales v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-07-21· cited 49×
• State v. Wentz
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1991-02-01· cited 49×
• Buchanan v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1977-03-14· cited 47×
• Tarnef v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1971-12-30· cited 45×

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Chaney
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1970-12-07· cited 600×
• Gilmore v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1971-01-11· cited 10×