984 So. 2d 144 - State v. Young’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
May 2012
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Oliveaux · State v. Weiland · 887 So. 2d 596 - State v. Grant · 924 So. 2d 345 - State v. Paul · State v. Rivers
Most-quoted passages
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“After review, we find that Young received a much more severe penalty than more egregious offenders of the same offense. The consecutive nature of Young’s sentences is constitutionally excessive considering that the record on appeal does not establish that Young is a large-scale drug dealer or that he has a history of selling drugs, and the quantity of drugs and the money involved in each transaction was small. The defendant was thirty-one years of age at the time of sentencing, and although the record alludes to prior criminal activity, the State did not establish such. These factors militate in favor of a lesser aggregate sentence than Young received.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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