Pedraza v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
August 2016
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Blakely v. Washington · Anglemyer v. State · Smylie v. State · Townsend v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Another rule established early on in this field provides that a material element of a crime may not also form an aggravating circumstance to support an enhanced sentence. Townsend v. State, 498 N.E.2d 1198, 1201 (Ind.1986). For the same reasons we stated above, based on the 2005 statutory changes, this is no longer an inappropriate double enhancement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“sentence, then deciding whether any aggravators or mitigators warranted deviation therefrom-are over. See id. at 79-80 . Thus, a sentence near the high end of the range is no longer an”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Richardson v. State“in the sense that the former regime provided. Id. Further, while the trial court must still list those reasons it finds relevant to the sentence,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Richardson v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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