State v. Abraham-Medved

How courts have described this case

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

• indicating that the reasonableness of a departure should be determined with reference to identified standards
• noting that a reasonableness standard assumes a range of permissible sentences
• “The reasonableness of sentences determined without reference to identified standards would not be susceptible to rational review.”
• “The problem was disparity. Its cause was unlimited judicial discretion. The remedy was a single statutory sentencing structure guiding the discretion of the court in all cases to the end that similar sentences would be imposed on similar offenders for similar offenses.”
• \The problem was disparity. Its cause was unlimited judicial discretion. The remedy was a single statutory sentencing structure guiding the discretion of the court in all cases to the end that similar sentences would be imposed on similar offenders for similar offenses.\
• review for clear error factual findings supporting existence of identified aggravating circumstance

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