State v. Toney’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “Mr. Brown, I had the' opportunity to preside over your trial on January 12th of 2011. I heard the facts and circumstances, as did the Jury, as to the cause of your arrest and the subsequent charging of possession with intent to distribute heroin. The Jury came back with a lesser verdict of simple possession of heroin. Based on my review of my notes from the trial and based on the testimony that was admissible during the course of trial, I have thought at length as to what sentence I would impose upon you, Mr. Brown. I don’t feel that your actions rise to the level to give you the maximum sentence which you would be facing, which is 20 years in the custody of the department of corrections; however, I also don’t find that your actions would give you the benefit of the minimum sentence either. The drug problem in the city , is such that violence has spiraled out of control as a result of the drug culture that we have in the city. Based on the testimony that I have heard, I’m sentencing you at this time to serve 12 years in the custody of the Department of Corrections. 3 Now having found you to be a multiple offender with a prior felony conviction, I’m making that sentence under the original case number 497-777 and reimposing the same sentence of 12 years in the custody of the Department of Corrections, pursuant to 15:529.1 as a multiple offender. That sentence will be served without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence. I do believe you are eligible for parole. [Footno”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 157 So. 3d 616 - State v. Brown