In re Cook
California Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtOpinion of the Court by Corrigan, J.
*672 *446 In People v. Franklin (2016) 63 Cal.4th 261 , 202 Cal.Rptr.3d 496 , 370 P.3d 1053 ( Franklin ), the defendant committed a murder at age 16, was tried as an adult and given a sentence of 50 years to life. He challenged the sentence as a violation of the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. While his appeal was pending, the Legislature enacted Penal Code 1 sections 3051 and 4801 to provide a parole hearing during the 25th year of incarceration for certain juveniles sentenced as adults. Because **914 Franklin was eligible for such a hearing, we held that his Eighth Amendment…
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