State v. LeCompte’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 state decisions

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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When I sentence somebody, I take into consideration the entire nature of the offense and then determine what would be the appropriate sentence, for that conduct, and depending upon the nature of the charges, apportion it among those charges. I sentenced the defendant [White] for robbery first degree, possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony and conspiracy. At that time I determined that a twenty-five year sentence was appropriate, fifteen years for the robbery, knowing that the first three years was a minimum-mandatory sentence; five years for the weapon, knowing that it was a minimum-mandatory sentence; and five years for conspiracy. The Supreme Court [in LeCompte ] ... said I ha[d] to dispose of possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony. I feel that I have the power and the jurisdiction to increase the robbery sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. White v. State