State v. Richmond’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently December 2014
20 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 419 So. 2d 475 - State v. Lanclos · 398 So. 2d 1049 - State v. Jones · 425 So. 2d 1251 - State v. Telsee · 374 So. 2d 1195 - State v. Spencer · 412 So. 2d 1313 - State v. Robicheaux
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. the nature of the crime, 2. the nature and background of the offender, and 3. the sentence imposed for similar crimes by the same court and other courts. State v. Telsee, 425 So.2d 1251 (La.1983); State v. Richmond, 97-1225 (La.App. 5 Cir. 3/25/98) , 708 So.2d 1272 .”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“Trial judges are granted great discretion in imposing sentences, but even sentences within statutory limits may be excessive under certain circumstances. State v. Jones, 398 So.2d 1049 (La.1981); State v. Spencer, 374 So.2d 1195 (La.1979). Sentences must be individualized to be compatible with the offenders as well as the offenses. In deciding whether to confine a defendant or grant probation, the judge must consider certain factors enumerated in La.C.Cr.P. art. 894.1(A)(B). State v. Jones, supra . This article entitles the defendant to such an articulation and represents a legislative attempt to guide the trial judge in thoughtfully imposing an appropriate sentence under the facts and circumstances of the particular case. Also this serves as an important aid to this court when called upon to exercise its constitutional function to review a sentence complained of as excessive. State v. Ramos, 390 So.2d 1262 (La.1980).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“My problem is what you have that we know from the hearing that was heard in this court when your medical conditions were discussed at your sanity commission, that in the past you have gone back out and done the things that you do, which now can mean a death sentence to someone else because of what you carry around inside your body. And that's the problem that scared the heck out of me. In the past, you've gone back out. I don't--- as a human being, I have a lot of compassion for you and I'm sorry, but, also, I have a lot of compassion and I worry about people out there who are not ill right now, who can be protected. So the only thing I feel that I can do is sentence you to the full five years at hard labor, order that you be given credit for any time you served. (R., pp. 138-139)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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