State v. Walker’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. “a review of punishments imposed by Louisiana courts in other aggravated burglary cases illustrates that defendant’s sentence is not disproportionally excessive. State v. Michaels, 516 So.2d 202 (La.App. 4th Cir.1987) [Defendant was originally sentenced to thirty (30) years; multiple billed and resentenced to thirty-five (35) years]; State v. Hawthorne, 454 So.2d 285 (La.App. 4th Cir.1984), unit den., 457 So.2d 1201 (La. 1984) [Defendant was sentenced to thirty (30) years where defendant choked the victim and threatened to kill her child]; State v. Wilson, 508 So.2d 960 (La.App. 4th Cir.1987) [Defendant was sentenced to twenty (20) years where defendant had inflicted minor physical injury to the victim and defendant had no prior convictions]; State v. Williams, 448 So.2d 659 (La.1984) [Defendant was sentenced to twenty (20) years where defendant had his hands around the mouth and throat of his sixty-one (61) year old victim. Defendant had a prior juvenile conviction and a conviction for attempted theft for which he was on probation at the time he committed the instant crime.]; State v. Coleman, 450 So.2d 1063 (La.App. 1st Cir.1984), writ den., 456 So.2d 172 (La.1984) [Defendant was sentenced to twenty-five (25) years where, although he did not attack anyone, he was found in the victim’s bedroom, holding a knife. Defendant had an extensive criminal record of arrests, but only one conviction].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 111 So. 3d 1177 - State v. Arceneaux

2. “measurable contribution to acceptable goals of punishment”

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

3. “grossly out of proportion to the severity of the crime”

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