Johnston v. Leon County School Board

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an aggravated range sentence is justified to the extent that the individual circumstances of the defendant’s case are atypical of the crime for which the defendant was convicted, such that a more severe punishment is appropriate
• holding that an aggravated range sentence is justified to the extent that the individual circumstances of the defendant’s case are atypical of the crime for which the defendant was convicted, such that a more severe punishment is appropriate
• stating that when the sentencing judge has a PSI, this Court presumes the judge is aware of and weighs relevant sentencing information
• stating that the Commonwealth may ask expert witnesses hypothetical questions so long as the record supports the hypothetical
• noting that an aggravated range sentence is justified where the individual circumstances of the case are atypical of the crime for which the defendant was convicted, requiring a more severe punishment
• claim that court relied on factors already considered in sentencing guidelines, resulting in “double counting” of these factors, sets forth substantial question

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).