327 So. 2d 417 - State v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. “"When it appears that the best interest of the public and of the defendant will be served, the court, after conviction of a felony for which the punishment is with or without hard labor or a felony which is a violation of the Controlled Dangerous Substances Law of Louisiana, noncapital felony, may suspend for the first conviction only the imposition or execution of any sentence, where suspension is allowed under the law and in either case place the defendant on probation under the supervision of the division of probation and parole supervision. The period of probation shall be specified and shall not be less than one year nor more than five years. The suspended sentence shall be regarded as a sentence for the purpose of granting or denying a new trial or appeal. The court under the same conditions and by the same procedure as provided for above may suspend the execution or imposition of the sentence of a multiple offender and place the defendant on probation if he intends to participate in the program authorized by the Federal Narcotics Rehabilitation Act or other federal or state rehabilitation programs, however if for any reason the defendant is rejected by said program he shall be returned to the custody of the court which imposed the sentence and the sentencing judge shall order the sentence be executed. Rejection by said program shall be a violation of the defendant's suspended sentence. If the sentence consists of both a fine and imprisonment, the court may impose the f”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 367 So. 2d 346 - State v. Hopkins

2. “However, nowhere in the multiple offender statute is language found authorizing the suspension of any sentences prescribed there. If the trial judge's suspension of defendant's multiple offender sentence is to be upheld, other authority must be found for the action. In the response of the trial judge, and in the defense brief, reliance is placed upon Article 893 of the Code of Criminal Procedure...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 758 So. 2d 844 - State v. Bazar