889 So. 2d 1064 - State v. Brooks’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
December 2014
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Blakely v. Washington · Jones v. United States · State v. Oliveaux · State v. Dorthey
Most-quoted passages
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“[H]e is exceptional, which in this context means that because of unusual circumstances this defendant is a victim of the legislature's failure to assign sentences that are meaningfully tailored to the culpability of the offender, the gravity of the offense and the circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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