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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 18 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 State v. Bonanno.

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1 State v. Bonanno Anchor
la · 1980
green “to determine whether the penalty is grossly disproportionate to the crime we must consider the punishment and the crime in light of the harm to society caused by its commission and determine whether the penalty is so disproportionate to the crime committed as to shock our sense …” 10
2 State v. Humphrey
la · 1984
green “whether the trial court abused its broad sentencing discretion, not whether another sentence might have been more appropriate.” 8

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