Legal Opinion
People v. Bullock
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided June 16, 1992No. Docket Nos. 89661, 89662, (Calendar No. 16)PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCavanagh, C.J.
We address in these consolidated cases the validity of a search conducted without a warrant, and the question whether Michigan’s mandatory penalty of life in prison without possibility of parole, for possession of 650 grams or more of any mixture containing cocaine, is "cruel or unusual” under our state constitution.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On February 24, 1988, defendant Hasson traveled by air from Los Angeles to Lansing’s Capital City Airport. He had a return ticket to Los Angeles on a flight scheduled to leave less than four hours after his arrival, yet he had checked two large…
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