Topic: especially heinous, cruel or depraved · Go Syfert
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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 24 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Richmond v. Lewis.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Richmond v. Lewis Anchor
scotus · 1992
green “especially heinous, cruel or depraved” 7
2 David Meadows v. Carl Legursky, Sam Blackburn Acord v. Jerry Hedrick
ca4 · 1990
green “consistent or regular application of a state's procedural default rules does not mean undeviating adherence to such rule admitting of no exception.” 6
3 State v. Martin
nc · 1981
green “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel” 4
4 State v. Martin
nc · 1981
green “involved brutality in excess of that which is normally present in any killing.” 4
5 David Meadows v. Carl Legursky, Sam Blackburn Acord v. Jerry Hedrick
ca4 · 1990
green “does not mean undeviating adherence to such rule admitting of no exception.” 3

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