Sandlin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “in light of the nature of the offense and the character of the offender. 2 . In her argument that the imposition of her full suspended sentence was unreasonable, Sanders implies that the trial court believed that it was required to impose the entire amount of the sentence originally suspended. However, we have reviewed the transcript of the probation revocation hearing and find nothing that indicates that the trial court believed that it was required to impose the entire amount of the sentence originally suspended.”

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

2. “Absent a fairly explicit statement to the contrary, we presume a trial court is aware of its authority to order executed time following revocation of probation that is less than the length of the sentence originally imposed.”

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