State v. Piazza’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
March 1989
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Sepulvado · 433 So. 2d 688 - State v. Smith · 425 So. 2d 1251 - State v. Telsee · 416 So. 2d 528 - State v. Ratcliff · 414 So. 2d 1210 - State v. Howard
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Article 1, Section 20 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 states in pertinent part that “no law shall subject any person ... to cruel, excessive, or unusual punishment ...” A sentence is excessive if it is grossly out of proportion to the severity of the crime or it is nothing more than the purposeless and needless imposition of pain and suffering. State v. Ratcliff, 416 So.2d 528 (La.1982); State v. Howard, 414 So.2d 1210 (La.1982); State v. Smith, 407 So.2d 652 (La.1981); State v. Allen, 451 So.2d 618 (La.App. 5th Cir.1984). The penal sanction for each violation of La.R.S. 14:81 is a term of imprisonment not to exceed five years with or without hard labor and/or a fine of not more than five thousand dollars. Accordingly, the term of imprisonment imposed upon the defendant is within the statutory range. Nevertheless, in State v. Sepulvado, 359 So.2d 137 , (La.1978), same case, 367 So.2d 762, 767 (La.1979), the court expressly stated that “the imposition of a sentence although within the statutory limits may violate a defendant’s constitutional right against excessive punishment that is enforceable ... on appellate review of his conviction.” Thus, a sentence may be reviewed for excessiveness though it is within the prescribed statutory range. State v. Nealy, 450 So.2d 634 (La.1984); ... [Other citations omitted.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Oubre“[i]f the defendant is convicted of two or more offenses based on the same act or transaction, or constituting parts of a common scheme or plan, the terms of imprisonment shall be served concurrently unless the court expressly directs that some or all be served consecutively.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.