Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “`where the factors on which the departure sentence is based relate to the acts or episode constituting the violation of probation or community control.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. State · King v. State

2. “AFTER A TRIAL JUDGE WITHHOLDS IMPOSITION OF SENTENCE AND PLACES A DEFENDANT ON PROBATION, AND THE DEFENDANT SUBSEQUENTLY VIOLATES THAT PROBATION, MAY THE JUDGE, UPON SENTENCING THE DEFENDANT FOR THE ORIGINAL OFFENSE, DEPART FROM THE PRESUMPTIVE GUIDELINES RANGE AND THE ONE-CELL INCREASE FOR VIOLATION OF PROBATION, AND IMPOSE AN APPROPRIATE SENTENCE WITHIN THE STATUTORY LIMIT BASED ON A REASON THAT WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED DEPARTURE HAD THE JUDGE INITIALLY SENTENCED THE DEFENDANT RATHER THAN PLACING HIM ON PROBATION?”

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

3. “2. The Defendant's prior criminal history includes fifteen (15) misdemeanor convictions and one (1) prior third degree felony conviction. There is an escalating pattern to this criminal conduct as shown by his having committed several misdemeanor offenses which were followed by a third degree felony conviction (Grand Theft in the second degree) and then his conviction of the instant offense which is a felony of the second degree.”

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