[Download] "In Re Nunez" by Colorado Supreme Court ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: In Re Nunez
- Author : Colorado Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 30, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 89 KB
Description
Antonio de Jesus Nuñez filed a petition for habeas corpus in the California Supreme Court on grounds, inter alia, that his sentence of life in prison without parole (LWOP) for kidnapping for ransom (Pen. Code, 209, subd. (a)) - an offense he committed when he was 14 years old - constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment or, alternatively, cruel or unusual punishment in violation of article I, section 17, of the California Constitution. Concluding Nunez established a prima facie case for relief, the Supreme Court ordered Nuñez?s prison custodian to show cause before this court justifying the constitutionality of Nuñez?s LWOP sentence. After we placed the matter on calendar, petitioner and the Attorney General submitted briefs and argued the matter.