Lewis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “). The Supreme Court held that the Fifth District's interpretation of subsection (8)(c) of the Prison Releasee Reoffender Act was contrary to the Supreme Court's decision in Grant : To the extent that [the district's ruling] implies that dual sentences under the Act and another recidivist statute are never allowed, and to the extent that it implies that a sentence under the Act must always be the longest in duration of any sentence imposed, Grant is controlling. As we stated in Grant ,”

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

2. “Because the PRR sentence is the longer of the two incarceration alternatives, it is the one that must be imposed.”

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