State v. Higgenbottom’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Trial Court: Mr. Landry, Mr. Higgenbottom is lucky. Maybe I ought to reconsider his sentence completely. Mr. Landry [defense counsel]: I discussed that with him before I came. The Court: It takes a lot of courage for a lawyer to come back to ask for a reconsideration like that. Since this term of court has not expired and since he is asking for a reconsideration maybe I ought to just reconsider it on my own and extend his sentence ... have his [sic] picked up to do jail time. Mr. Landry: I understand that, Your Honor. I discussed it with him before he asked for this. The Court: He just about talked himself into jail as it was. No, sir; I’m going to give him twenty-four months probation. We’re going to see if he can do probation. Maybe he’ll be cleaning up his lot again. Since you made the motion to reconsider, I’m denying that motion and I’m reconsidering my sentence and extending his probation to twenty-four months.”

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