507 So. 2d 668 - Flournoy v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 475 So. 2d 1218 - Hendrix v. State · 489 So. 2d 25 - Scurry v. State · 498 So. 2d 1249 - Casteel v. State · 469 So. 2d 128 - Weems v. State · 458 So. 2d 10 - Mitchell v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“MAY THE QUANTITY OF DRUGS INVOLVED IN A CRIME BE A PROPER REASON TO SUPPORT DEPARTURE FROM THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES?”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“articulated any legal standard or criteria by which to determine with any sense of consistency or uniformity at what level the quantity of drugs involved should or should not constitute a valid reason for departure from the guidelines.... The legislature has used the quantity of drugs involved as the basis for a scale of escalating offenses with ever-increasing penalties in the criminal statutes defining various drug offenses. That being so, it is inconsistent with the purpose of the guidelines to refer to the quantity of drugs involved, whether within or without the limits of the statutory ranges, as a reason for departure since some prescribed quantity of drugs is an essential component or factor of each defined drug offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“since minimum mandatory sentencing requirements are not taken into account in computing the recommended sentence there is no reason to consider them in determining whether to depart from a guidelines sentence. The inquiry as to the amount of drugs involved should simply be a determination as to whether the amount involved is so much more than the threshold amount required for conviction as to warrant departure.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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