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9 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 674 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from State v. Campbell.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 State v. Campbell Anchor
la · 1981
green “no law shall subject any person to cruel or unusual punishment.” 212
2 State v. Batiste
lactapp · 1991
green “it is well settled that sentences must be individualized to the particular offender and to the particular offense committed.” 160
3 State v. Cook
la · 1996
green “it is well settled that sentences must be individualized to the particular offender and to the particular offense committed.” 137
4 State v. Smith
lactapp · 2003
green “it is well settled that sentences must be individualized to the particular offender and to the particular offense committed.” 71
5 State v. Cook
la · 1996
green “remains in the best position to assess the aggravating and mitigating circumstances presented by each case.” 51
6 State v. Cook
la · 1996
green “whether the trial court abused its broad sentencing discretion, not whether another sentence might have been more appropriate.” 23
7 State v. Savoy
la · 2012
green “that sentence review under the louisiana constitution does not provide an appellate court with a vehicle for substituting its judgment for that of a trial judge as to what punishment is more appropriate in a given case.” 10
8 State v. Roberts
lactapp · 2009
green “also granting mr. gary celestine a judgment in the amount of 28,556.71 against mr. roberts.” 6
9 In re Spruel
la · 2014
neutral “maximum sentences 'are reserved for ... the most serious violations of the charged offense and for the worst kind of offender.” 4

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