State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
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states following
February 2013
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bordenkircher v. Hayes · State v. Dorthey · 384 So. 2d 355 - State v. Bonanno · 433 So. 2d 688 - State v. Smith · 419 So. 2d 475 - State v. Lanclos
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“In the case sub judice, Defendant’s claim that his sentence was constitutionally excessive is simply not borne out by the record before us. As noted above, the sentencing range for armed robbery is 10 to 99 years at hard labor without benefits. The sentence imposed, 26 years, falls on the low end of the sentencing range. When Defendant’s unconscionable conduct, including his surprise attack on a defenseless victim and repeated blows to the victim’s head with a rock, is viewed in light of the harm done to society, Defendant’s sentence does not shock the sense of justice, other than perhaps in its leniency. The sentence is neither grossly out of proportion to the seriousness of the offense, nor is it nothing more than a purposeless and needless infliction of pain and suffering. 90 So.3d at 13 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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