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CRIMINAL LAW - DRUG OFFENDERS - MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCES FOR DRUG SELLERS HELD NOT CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. PEOPLE V BROADIE, 1975

NCJ Number
32784
Journal
Dickinson Law Review Volume: 80 Issue: 2 Dated: (WINTER 1976) Pages: 346-351
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1976
Length
6 pages
Annotation
THE NEW YORK STATE COURT OF APPEALS HELD THAT CLASSIFICATION OF THE OFFENSE AS A FELON AND MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE IMPOSED BY STATUTE DID NOT VIOLATE THE EIGHTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT.
Abstract
THE COURT FORMULATED FOUR CRITERIA FOR WEIGHING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF A STATUTORILY IMPOSED PUNISHMENT.