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· 3/12/1895

Gurley v. O'Dwyer

Citations

  • 61 Mo. App. 348
  • 1895 Mo. App. LEXIS 65

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding \a finding of good cause in this context means only that the judge must consider the facts and circumstances of the case to make the determination of whether or not the evidence indicates a risk to reoffend sexually\
  • explaining the sentencing court abuses its discretion when the sentence imposed was \based on an error of law or a factual conclusion without evidentiary support\
  • stating the trial court has broad discretion in sentencing within statutory limits and a sentence will not be overturned absent an abuse of discretion when the ruling is based on an error of law or factual conclusion lacking evidentiary support
  • \A [court] must be permitted to consider any and all information that reasonably might bear on the proper sentence for a particular defendant.\
  • \A judge must be permitted to consider any and all information that reasonably might bear on the proper sentence for a particular defendant.\
  • \A [sentencing court] must be permitted to consider any and all information that reasonably might bear on the proper sentence for a particular defendant.\

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Judges: Rombauer

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