371 So. 2d 727 - State v. Jacobs’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently June 2019
17 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on State v. Sepulvado · 277 So. 2d 126 - State v. Prieur · 369 So. 2d 118 - State v. Cox · 360 So. 2d 842 - State v. Jackson · 353 So. 2d 1013 - State v. Underwood
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... [A]s to the attempt [sic] second degree murder, this Court is guided by the sentencing guidelines set forth in Article 894.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and I considered those sentencing guidelines. Those guidelines state that this Court shall state for the record the considerations taken into account and the factual basis in imposing sentence. I sat through the jury trial; I heard the evidence presented. The evidence as to guilt was overwhelming ... [and] left no possible doubt in my view as to this defendant’s guilt.... This was a brutal crime to say the least; a brutal attack. And this lady who testified described how she was clubbed, how her arm was broken, her hand was broken, her jaw was smashed and she suffered — her jaw was fractured, and she suffered a fractured skull. The evidence indicates she could have bled to death, but fortunately she did not die. [...] I, of course, know a great deal of Leroy Berthelot because I’ve conducted a number of hearings. I know a great deal about his prior psychiatric problems, which I don’t feel is necessary to repeat here this morning. I have considered his entire background and I have considered these guidelines. Now, Article 883 of the Code indicates that ... “if a defendant is convicted of two or more offenses based on the same act or transaction, the terms of imprisonment shall be moved concurrently unless the Court expressly directs that some or all be served consecutively” ... This type of crime being so vicious and ”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Berthelot
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