Secundino Barcelo Cocio v. Lloyd Bramlett, Superintendent, Arizona State Prison, Florence

ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

The State of Arizona appeals from the district court’s order granting a writ of habeas corpus. The district court concluded that, as applied to the petitioner, a life sentence without the possibility of parole for twenty-five years violated the eighth amendment. The state contends that Arizona Revised Statutes Annotated § 13-604.02 (Supp.1988), which mandates a life sentence for a convicted felon on probation, is constitutionally proportionate as applied to the convicted petitioner, Secundino Barcelo Cocio. We agree with the State of Arizona that Cocio’s sentence was…