154 So. 3d 15 - State v. Diggs’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
April 2017
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · 661 So. 2d 442 - State v. Smith · 709 So. 2d 672 - State v. Johnson · 922 So. 2d 517 - State v. Pigford · State v. Robertson
Most-quoted passages
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“To justify a court’s downward departure from a legislatively mandated sentence, a defendant must show he “is exceptional ,,. because of unusual circumstances [he] 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.” State v. Johnson, 97-1906, p. 8 (La. 3/4/98), 709 So.2d 672, 676 (quoting Judge Plotkin’s concurring opinion in State v. Young, 94-1636, pp. 5-6 (La.App. 4 Cir. 10/26/96), 663 So.2d 525, 531 , writ denied, 95-3010 (La. 3/22/96), 669 So.2d 1223 ).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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