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disproportionality test in Mississippi

15 Mississippi opinions name it 2 courts 2000–2022 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Mississippi courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (5)

CaseFollowedCited
Young v. Stategreen
miss · 1999 · cited in 9 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2000–2010
2 sentences

2010Young v. State, 731 So.2d 1120, 1125 (Miss.1999); Williams v. State, 784 So.2d 230, 236 (Miss.Ct.App.2000).

2009Young v. State, 731 So. 2d 1120, 1125 (Miss. 1999); Williams v. State, 784 So. 2d 230, 236 (Miss.

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Williams v. Stategreen
missctapp · 2000 · cited in 7 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2000–2010
2 sentences

2010Young v. State, 731 So.2d 1120, 1125 (Miss.1999); Williams v. State, 784 So.2d 230, 236 (Miss.Ct.App.2000).

2009Young v. State, 731 So. 2d 1120, 1125 (Miss. 1999); Williams v. State, 784 So. 2d 230, 236 (Miss.

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Nichols v. Stategreen
miss · 2002 · cited in 2 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
2 sentences

2016However, in light of Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U.S. 957, 965-66 , 111 S.Ct. 2680 , 115 L.Ed.2d 836 (1991), “Solem is to apply only when a threshold comparison of the crime committed to the sentence imposed leads to an inference of gross dispropor-tionality.” Parisi v. State, 119 So.3d 1061, 1067 (¶ 21) (Miss.Ct.App.2012) (quoting Nichols v. State, 826 So.2d 1288, 1290 (¶ 12) (Miss.2002)). ¶ 10.

2016“The appellate courts will not apply the three-prong disproportionality test when there is a lack of this initial showing.” Nichols v. State, 826 So. 2d 1288, 1290 (¶12) (Miss. 2002). ¶32.

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Edwards v. Stategreen
miss · 2001 · cited in 2 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2008–2010
2 sentences

2010Appellate courts will not apply the three-prong disproportionality test unless there is an initial showing that “a threshold comparison of the crime committed to the sentence imposed leads to an inference of ‘gross disproportionality.’ ” Edwards v. State, 800 So.2d 454, 469 (¶ 47) (Miss.2001) (citations omitted).

2008Young v. State , 731 So.2d 1120 , 1125 (Miss. 1999); Williams v. State , 784 So.2d 230 , 236 (Miss.Ct.App. 2000). 800 So.2d at 469 .

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Parisi v. Stategreen
missctapp · 2012 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
1 sentence

2016However, in light of Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U.S. 957, 965-66 , 111 S.Ct. 2680 , 115 L.Ed.2d 836 (1991), “Solem is to apply only when a threshold comparison of the crime committed to the sentence imposed leads to an inference of gross dispropor-tionality.” Parisi v. State, 119 So.3d 1061, 1067 (¶ 21) (Miss.Ct.App.2012) (quoting Nichols v. State, 826 So.2d 1288, 1290 (¶ 12) (Miss.2002)). ¶ 10.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Mississippi. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (3)

CaseCitedYears
Solem v. Helm red
scotus · 1983
2 sentences

2016In Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277, 290-92 , 103 S.Ct. 3001 , 77 L.Ed.2d 637 (1983), the United States Supreme Court set forth three factors to consider in a disproportionality analysis: (a) the gravity of the offense and the harshness of the penalty; (b) the sentences imposed on other criminals in the same jurisdiction; and (c) the sentences imposed for commission of the same crime in other jurisdictions.

2016In Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277, 290-92 , 103 S.Ct. 3001 , 77 L.Ed.2d 637 (1983), the United States Supreme Court set forth three factors to consider in a disproportionality analysis: (a) the gravity of the offense and the harshness of the penalty; (b) the sentences imposed on other criminals in the same jurisdiction; and (c) the sentences imposed for commission of the same crime in other jurisdictions.

42005–2022
Harmelin v. Michigan green
scotus · 1991
2 sentences

2009Drummer requests that her sentence be reviewed under the three-prong disproportionality test in Sofera v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277, 292 , 103 S.Ct. 3001 , 77 L.Ed.2d 637 (1983) (overruled in part by Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U.S. 957, 965 , 111 S.Ct. 2680 , 115 L.Ed.2d 836 (1991)). ¶ 13.

2009Drummer requests that her sentence be reviewed under the three-prong disproportionality test in Sofera v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277, 292 , 103 S.Ct. 3001 , 77 L.Ed.2d 637 (1983) (overruled in part by Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U.S. 957, 965 , 111 S.Ct. 2680 , 115 L.Ed.2d 836 (1991)). ¶ 13.

22009–2016
Rummel v. Estelle green
scotus · 1980
1 sentence

2016The Mississippi Supreme Court’s application of Rummel v. Estelle, 445 U.S. 263 (1980), in Wall serves as a guide in the determination of the threshold comparison.

12016–2016

Statutes the citing opinions construe

MS § Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-83 (5)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

WV 46 (1980–2024) TX 19 (1995–2025) MS 15 (2000–2022) OR 11 (1984–2024) CA 10 (1991–2025) MA 7 (1976–2019) OH 4 (1990–2016) ME 4 (2011–2020) WA 4 (2018–2023) IA 3 (1998–2023) AZ 3 (1985–2004) FL 3 (2000–2008) KS 3 (1980–2014) NY 2 (1975–1994) PA 2 (2017–2017) VA 2 (1982–1993) IN 2 (1994–2000)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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