Matter of Gabriel A.

How courts have described this case

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

• district judge’s comments reflected a rigid policy of imposing maximum sentence on distributors of LSD
• trial court’s comments reflected a rigid policy of imposing maximum sentence on narcotics' distributors
• appellate review is limited to the judicial process by which the sentence was determined
• rigid sentencing policy of automatically imposing the maximum sentence for the particular type of offense, rather than the individualized record of the defendant, abused judicial discretion and abdicated judicial responsibility
• “A careful examination of the record in the instant case reveals an abuse of judicial discretion by a clear showing that the judge pursued a rigid policy of imposing the maximum sentence for a particular category of offenses, namely narcotics violations.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).