Supreme Court of Louisiana· 3/6/1998
State v. Johnson
Citations
- 709 So. 2d 672
- 1998 WL 93741
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “The trial court stated that crimes of personal destruction did not warrant mandatory sentences [but] this policy decision is for the Legislature to make, not the judiciary.”
- “The trial court stated that crimes of personal destruction did not warrant mandatory sentences [but] this policy decision is for the Legislature to make, not the judiciary.”
- Departures downward from a minimum sentence should occur “only in rare situations” ... where the legislature’s sentence is not meaningfully tailored to the offender, the gravity of the offense, and the circumstances of the case
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Judges: Victory
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668 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. AllenLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2002-09-18· cited 316×
- State v. HillLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2007-05-09· cited 246×
- State v. LindseySupreme Court of Louisiana· 2000-10-17· cited 166×
- State v. BaileyLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2004-05-26· cited 116×
- State v. PonsellLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2000-08-23· cited 115×
- State v. ShawSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2007-11-27· cited 99×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2004-10-19· cited 97×
- State v. LandryLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2004-03-31· cited 97×
- State v. FrancisLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1998-04-15· cited 93×
- State v. JacobsLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2011-05-24· cited 93×
- State v. BatisteLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2006-12-20· cited 87×
- State v. AllenLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2006-11-15· cited 76×
- State v. WellsLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2011-03-30· cited 74×
- State v. AshLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1999-02-10· cited 70×
- State v. HunterLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2000-09-27· cited 61×
- State v. EverettSupreme Court of Louisiana· 2002-05-14· cited 59×
- State v. RobersonLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2006-04-19· cited 58×
- State v. DixonLouisiana Court of Appeal· 2005-03-15· cited 55×
- State v. JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1999-04-01· cited 54×
- State v. HollinsLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1999-08-31· cited 53×
Cites
15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court· 1983-06-28· cited 4,242×
- State v. DortheySupreme Court of Louisiana· 1993-09-10· cited 2,087×
- State v. SepulvadoSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1979-01-29· cited 1,964×
- State v. BonannoSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-05-19· cited 1,730×
- State v. LobatoSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1992-07-01· cited 945×
- State v. HoganSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1985-12-02· cited 638×
- State v. YoungLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1995-10-26· cited 209×
- State v. BadonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1976-10-06· cited 46×
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1985-12-02· cited 45×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1996-06-28· cited 20×
- State v. GordonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1996-05-10· cited 20×
- State v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1996-02-02· cited 14×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1998-03-04· cited 11×
- People v. HillMichigan Court of Appeals· 1993-11-16· cited 7×
- State v. JohnsonLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1997-04-16· cited 1×
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