Duquesne Law Review
Abstract
The Supreme Court of the United States has held that a mandatory life sentence imposed under a state recidivist statute on a defendant convicted of three nonviolent felonies totaling $229 does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment
Rummel v. Estelle, 100 S. Ct. 1133 (1980).
First Page
167
Recommended Citation
Albert A. Torrence,
Constitutional Law - Eighth Amendment - Cruel and Unusual Punishment - Length of Prison Sentences,
19
Duq. L. Rev.
167
(1980).
Available at:
https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol19/iss1/9