Garrison v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “1. Minimum parole eligibility, prior convictions of the defendant, both felony and misdemeanor; 2. The nature of prior offenses for which he was convicted; 3. The date of the commission, date of sentencing, and date of release from confinement or supervision from all prior offenses; 4. The maximum expiration of sentence as determined by the division of probation and parole for all such current and prior offenses; 5. The defendant’s status if on probation, parole, postincarceration supervision, conditional discharge, or any other form of legal release; 6. Juvenile court records ...; and 7. The impact of the crime upon the victim or victims....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Miller v. Commonwealth

2. “The statutory language '[e]vidence...relevant to sentencing including ...' which introduces the seven categories, demonstrates that the list is inclusionary and illustrative, and thus non-exhaustive.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brown v. Commonwealth

3. “as those types of evidence the statute explicitly mentions.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brown v. Commonwealth