State v. Mosby

|,tWrit granted in part,, otherwise denied. We' find the sentence for this particular defendant is constitutionally excessive. See La. Const, art. I, § 20. Thus, we vacate the defendant’s sentence. Imposition of a 30 year term of imprisonment on this non-violent offender who is 72 years of age and suffers from severe infirmities is “grossly out.of proportion to the severity” of the offense, and it amounts to nothing more than the “purposeful imposition of pain and suffering” which renders this sentence on this particular defendant unconstitutional. State v. Dorthey, 623 So.2d 1276, 1280-81…