854 So. 2d 945 - State v. Pierre’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “[E]ven though the shootings of her husband and son arose out of the same act, it is not mandatory that the sentences be served concurrently. In State v. Bibb, 626 So.2d 913 (La.App. 5 Cir.1993), writ denied, 93-3127 (La.9/16/94), 642 So.2d 188 , the defendant killed his two children. The court affirmed the two consecutive life sentences. The court noted: Herein, the two murders, though occurring close in time and place, are separate and distinct acts that justify consecutive sentences. Further, even assuming that the murders were close enough in time and place to be considered “same act” crimes which arise from a single course of conduct, we find that the trial court did not err in imposing consecutive sentences. Article 883 permits |1Bthe court to impose consecutive sentences if the court “expressly directs” such sentences. Id. at 940. Thus we find the trial court did not err when it ordered the sentences to be served consecutively.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 124 So. 3d 605 - State v. Perkins · 111 So. 3d 1177 - State v. Arceneaux

2. “Any person who, having a specific intent to commit a crime, does or omits an act for the purpose of and tending directly toward the accomplishing of his object is guilty of an attempt to commit the offense intended; and it shall be immaterial whether, under the circumstances, he would have actually accomplished his purpose.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 76 So. 3d 1274 - State v. Jones