Legal Opinion
Ajisebutu v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided September 12, 2007No. 01-06-00202-CRPublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TIM TAFT, Justice.
A jury found appellant, Sunday Oluwa-toyin Ajisebutu, guilty of money laundering funds in excess of $100,000, a first-degree felony, and assessed his punishment at 60 years in prison. 1 See Act of May 26,1993, 73rd Leg., R.S., ch. 761, § 2, 1993 Tex. Gen. Laws 2966, 2967 (amended 2005) (current version at Tex. Pen.Code Ann. §§ 34.02 (Vernon Supp.2006)). We determine whether appellant’s sentence constituted cruel and unusual punishment violating constitutional and statutory provisions. We affirm.
Background
From January 1, 2001 through May 9, 2005, appellant used the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Lankston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
- Heidelberg v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
- Jackson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)1999
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
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3Cited by47 opinions
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