Legal Opinion

People v. Caballero

California Supreme Court

Decided August 16, 2012No. S190647PublishedCited by 236 opinions

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*265Opinion

CHIN, J.

In Graham v. Florida (2010) 560 U.S. 48 [176 L.Ed.2d 825, 130 S.Ct. 2011] (Graham), the high court held that the Eighth Amendment prohibits states from sentencing a juvenile convicted of nonhomicide offenses to Ufe imprisonment without the possibiüty of parole. (560 U.S. at p. _ [130 S.Ct. at p. 2030].)1 We must determine here whether a 110-year-to-life sentence imposed on a juvenile convicted of nonhomicide offenses contravenes Graham’s mandate against cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. We conclude it does.

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  2. Lockyer v. AndradeSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  3. Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  4. Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  5. Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962

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3Cited by236 opinions

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