State v. Paddie’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “"Alright. This Court takes an extremely serious view of drug violations, particularly those involving distribution. Because of this attitude, the Court's tendency is toward the imposition of substantial terms of imprisonment in such cases. The Court is nevertheless under mandate to follow Code of Criminal Procedure Article 894.1 when imposing sentence. In the case at bar, after reference to such guidelines, the Court finds the defendant has no history of prior delinquency or criminal activity and has apparently led a law abiding life for a substantial period of time before the commission of the instant crime. The Court also finds that due to his rural background and inexperience in the metropolitan areas, as evidenced by the pre-sentence report, the defendant, apparently, did not contemplate that his conduct would cause or threaten serious harm. On the other hand the Court feels that in the view of the extreme seriousness of trafficking of drugs in any form, a lesser sentence than that which is about to be imposed would deprecate the seriousness of the defendant's crime. The Court further feels that the defendant is in need of some correctional treatment which would be better provided by institutional commitment."”

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

2. “BY THE COURT: Mr. Ryan, the Court ordered a Pre-Sentence Investigation into your background in this particular matter. The Court finds in reviewing the Pre-Sen-tence Investigation, that you’re presently on probation for another offense out of Louisiana and, therefore, the Court is not going to give you probation in this particular case because I do not feel you are eligible for probation. The court is mindful of 894.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in sentencing the defendant. I feel, first, that if the defendant is placed on probation, there is an undue risk that during the period of a suspended sentence, he would commit another crime. To support that, the Court looks at your record, that you have violated laws of the state while on probation. Secondly, I feel that you are in need of a correctional treatment that can be most effectively provided by your commitment to an institution. Thirdly, I feel that any lesser sentence than the one I will impose will depreciate the seriousness of the offense.”

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

3. “that Paddie would commit another crime during any period of probation and that a lesser sentence would deprecate the seriousness of the crime. The judge reached this conclusion based on the”

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