May v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

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1. “. . . Although no precise formula has been developed, the Court has held that the Fourteenth Amendment permits the States a wide scope of discretion in enacting laws which affect some group of citizens differently than others. The constitutional safeguard is offended only if the classification rests on grounds wholly irrelevant to the achievement of the State's objective, State legislatures are presumed to have acted within their constitutional power despite the fact that, in practice, their laws result in some inequality. A statutory discrimination will not be set aside if any state of facts reasonably may be conceived to justify it. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hatch v. State

2. “Macy v. Owens appropriately resolved any apparent contradictions between the provisions of Sections 2-401, 2-410 and 2-412, thereby giving force and effect to the intent of the Legislature that repeat drug offenders should be subjected to increasingly harsh sentences.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Platt v. State

3. “the Legislature intended to disentitle a person who previously pled guilty [to] a drug related offense from being eligible for a suspended sentence, regardless of whether the judgment and sentence was deferred.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Platt v. State