756 So. 2d 533 - State v. Armstrong’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 state decisions

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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “makes no measurable contribution to acceptable goals of punishment or ... amounts to nothing more than the purposeful imposition of pain and suffering and is grossly out of proportion to the severity of the crime.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 841 So. 2d 854 - State v. Brooks · 782 So. 2d 29 - State v. Bartley

2. “[h]e is exceptional, which in this context means that because of unusual circumstances this defendant is a victim of the legislature's failure to assign sentences that are meaningfully tailored to the culpability of the offender, the gravity of the offense and the circumstances.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 782 So. 2d 29 - State v. Bartley · 786 So. 2d 785 - State v. Williams

3. “). The defendant also filed a written motion for reconsideration of sentence, alleging that his sentence was excessive and the trial judge failed to consider mitigating circumstances. The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 20 of the Louisiana Constitution prohibit the imposition of excessive or cruel punishment. A mandatory sentence may be excessive if the sentence”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 864 So. 2d 645 - State v. Johnson