Lonnie Gene Chatman v. J. Marquez’s Empirical Analysis

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89 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions

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1. ““... Appellant is entitled to the least onerous of the three possible sentences provided by the [indeterminate sentencing law] and [the newer determinate sentencing law]. The fact that one isolated factor that is less favorable to appellant may be considered under the generally more favorable statute is irrelevant, at least where the more favorable provisions of the new law fully compensate for it.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. United States v. Taylor

2. “[t]he [ex post facto] inquiry looks to the challenged provision, and not to any special circumstances that may mitigate its effect on the particular individual,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Watson v. Estelle