Hancock v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
January 1989
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Chaney · Austin v. State · State v. Andrews · Nicholas v. State · Lacquement v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Hancock presents a particularly difficult case. At the time he was sentenced, Hancock was thirty-five years old. Hancock is a high school graduate and has college credits in engineering and mathematics. Prior to his arrest, Hancock had been employed for between one and two years as a service manager for a company which manufactures water pumps. Hancock has a criminal record consisting of a number of property offenses committed between 1967 and 1971, for which he apparently served some time in prison, and two offenses involving violence against others committed in 1977. Hancock has no record from 1977 until the conviction which is the subject of this appeal. Hancock lived with L.B. and her five children for a period of about five years [spanning the period 1977 until 1982] before his arrest. The sentencing record establishes a continuous course of sexual abuse of T.T. and some evidence of sexual abuse of her siblings. In addition, Hancock has been violent with all of the children and their mother. Hancock denies that he sexually assaulted T.T. and exhibits little remorse. Most disturbing is the evidence that he penetrated T.T.’s vagina with an object which became implanted requiring surgery for its removal. This episode caused T.T. serious physical injury and psychological damage.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hancock v. State“[W]e have only approved total sentences of forty years or more for persons convicted of multiple crimes warranting con secutive sentences who also have a felony record for crimes of violence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. DeGross v. State
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