635 So. 2d 630 - State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Defendant's criminal history index score has been calculated by Probation and Parole as a grid cell 5A which falls within the discretionary sanction zone. Defendant has been convicted previously of aggravated battery on two separate occasions. Aggravated battery is a level 2 crime which calls for 3 criminal history index points. Furthermore, defendant was convicted of various misdemeanor offenses including theft and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile in September of 1981 and of interfering with an officer in September of 1991, resulting in an additional half point for defendant's prior misdemeanor convictions. Probation and Parole did not consider the 1991 misdemeanor conviction in calculating the number of criminal history index points. However, defendant's criminal history score still totals in excess of 5 points and, thus, the grid cell calculation of 5A is a correct calculation. 5A falls within the discretionary zone and recommends that defendant's sentence be between 60 and 72 months with sanction units of between 142 and 210. In the present case, the judge sentenced the defendant to consecutive terms on each of the five offenses. Louisiana Sentencing Guidelines Section 215 provides the formula for calculating sentences which are to be served consecutively. If sentences are imposed consecutively, the base sentence range for the most serious offense and conviction is first calculated. The remaining offenses provide an additional penalty of no more than fifty pe”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 647 So. 2d 597 - State v. Williams

2. “grossly deviated from the recommended sentence of a maximum of one hundred ninety-two months (sixteen years) when it imposed consecutive sentences totalling forty years.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 647 So. 2d 597 - State v. Williams

3. “a threat to society and civilization, a danger to the community”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 647 So. 2d 597 - State v. Williams