State v. Richardson

The appellant in the present proceeding, Raymond Richardson, was sentenced to 30 years in the State Penitentiary for kidnaping. He was also sentenced to five years in the penitentiary, to run concurrently with the kidnaping sentence, for wanton endangerment. On appeal, the appellant claims that the 30-year sentence for kidnaping was disproportionate to the crime committed, and that the sentence is, as a consequence, unconstitutionally impermissible.

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FACTS

This appeal arises out of a domestic dispute. Prior to' the dispute, the appellant, Raymond Richardson, who was 20-years-old, had been…