Holmes v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
January 2004
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Washington v. Confederated Bands & Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation · Flick v. United States · Gibson v. Georgia · United States v. Eaglin · State v. Agee
Most-quoted passages
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“Unless upward or downward departures are justified by valid written reasons, a trial judge may not depart from the guidelines recommendation. Since uniformity in the sentencing process is the goal, all sentences should reflect, or attempt to reflect, the guidelines as closely as possible unless valid reasons for departure are found. Thus, in 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.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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