California Court of Appeal

Appellant's life sentence under the "Three Strikes Law" was not "cruel and unusual" given the relatively minor nature of the present offenses (heroin possession and receiving stolen property), based on appellant's lengthy history of criminal activity and incarceration.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/10/2002
• Published 05/10/2002

Judges

• HUFFMAN, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Patrick J. Hennessey, Jr., San Diego, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Robert M. Foster and Janelle Boustany, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.