189 So. 3d 1129 - State v. Small’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “(A) Any person who, after having been convicted within this state of a felony, or who, after having been convicted under the laws of any other state or of the United States, or any foreign government of a crime which, if committed in this state would be a felony, thereafter commits any subsequent felony within this state, upon conviction of said felony, shall be punished as follows: .... (4) If the fourth or subsequent felony is such that, upon a first conviction the offender would be punishable by imprisonment for any term less than his natural life then: ... (b) If the fourth felony and two of the prior felonies are felonies defined as a crime of violence under R.S. 14:2(B), a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:540 et seq . when the victim is under the age of eighteen at the time of commission of the offense, or as a violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law punishable by imprisonment for ten years or more, or of any other crime punishable by imprisonment for twelve years or more, or any combination of such crimes, the person shall be imprisoned for the remainder of his natural life, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 244 So. 3d 1251 - State v. Kelly

2. “The erroneous admission of other crimes evidence is subject to the harmless error analysis on appeal. Such error is harmless where the verdict rendered is”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Cooley