520 So. 2d 1044 - State v. Simon’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
October 1989
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Sepulvado · 384 So. 2d 355 - State v. Bonanno · 404 So. 2d 1205 - State v. Campbell · State v. Abercrumbia · 444 So. 2d 96 - State v. Lathers
Most-quoted passages
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“"Article I, Section 20 of the Louisiana Constitution prohibits the imposition by law of excessive punishment. For a sentence to be excessive, the penalty must be so disproportionate to the crime committed, in light of the harm caused to society, as to shock our sense of justice. State v. Campbell, 404 So.2d 1205 (La. 1981); State v. Bonanno, 384 So.2d 355 (La.1980). The sentencing court is given wide discretion in the imposition of sentences within statutory limits, and the sentence should not be set aside as excessive in the absence of a manifest abuse of the sentencing court's discretion. State v. Abercrumbia, 412 So.2d 1027 (La.1982)." State v. Ashworth, 505 So.2d 260 at page 262 (La.App. 3 Cir. 1987), writ den., 508 So.2d 68 (La.1987).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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