State v. Carr’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “[O]ne could argue that the Guidelines themselves have already taken into account the fact that defendant is a fence in determining his presumptive sentence. However, the state’s evidence did not just establish that defendant was in the business of fencing stolen property. It also established that instead of simply paying money for stolen property he also was willing to pay in drugs. * * * That fact renders his conduct more serious than the conduct of the typical fence. Considering that fact, along with other facts, including that there were multiple victims and that the offenses occurred over a period of time, we conclude that the durational departure was not unjustified.”

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