146 So. 3d 642 - State v. Ladd’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[he] is exceptional, which in this context means that because of unusual circumstances, the defendant is a victim of the legislature’s failure to assign sentences that are meaningfully tailored to the culpability of the offender, the gravity of the offense, and the circumstances of the case.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 158 So. 3d 107 - State v. Williams · 172 So. 3d 61 - State v. Hall

2. “non-violent drug user who stands convicted of possessing roughly a half ounce of marijuana who previously pleaded guilty (at age eighteen) to possession of LSD and (at age twenty-one) to possession of hy-drocodone” was not excessive. However, although this Court found that the defendant in Ladd did not demonstrate exceptional circumstances such that a downward departure was warranted, the Louisiana Supreme Court reversed this Court on March 27, 2015 and remanded the Ladd case for resentencing, ordering the district court to consider La. C.Cr.P. art. 894.1(C) and”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 190 So. 3d 354 - State v. Ellis