8 So. 3d 790 - State v. Franco’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “The crime at issue here is vehicular homicide, which carries a maximum sentence of thirty years at hard labor. La. R.S. 14:32.1. In 2004, the legislature increased the maximum penalty for vehicular homicide from twenty years to thirty years, demonstrating its intent to convey the serious nature of this crime. State v. Morain, 07-1207 (La.App. 3 Cir. 4/2/08) , 981 So.2d 66 . Then, in 2006, the minimum penalty for vehicular homicide was increased from two years to five years at hard labor, and the minimum number of years required to be imposed without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of ^sentence was increased from one year to three years, further evidencing the legislature’s intent to convey the seriousness of this offense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 140 So. 3d 1245 - State v. Delacerda · 240 So. 3d 301 - State v. Gordon