Branam v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
34
cited by 34 later decisions
1
states following
January 2004
most recently cited
34 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 534 So. 2d 393 - State v. Pennington · In re Rules of Criminal Procedure · 492 So. 2d 1308 - Williams v. State · 540 So. 2d 158 - Branam v. State · Branam v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[I]n those instances where the statutory minimums or maximums preclude sentencing within the guidelines recommendation, the trial judge must impose either concurrent or consecutive sentences, as the case may be, in order to come as close as possible to the guidelines scoresheet recommendation.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“When there are multiple convictions and maximum sentences which in the aggregate are less than called for by the sentencing guidelines scoresheet, must a trial judge impose consecutive sentences in order to bring the sentences within the guidelines or as close thereto as possible?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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