Legal Opinion
Bobby Joe Nichols, Jr. v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided October 9, 2019No. 10-17-00401-CRPublished
1Opinion of the Court
IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS No. 10-17-00401-CR BOBBY JOE NICHOLS, JR., Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee From the 54th District Court McLennan County, Texas Trial Court No. 2016-986-C2 MEMORANDUM OPINION Bobby Joe Nichols, Jr. appeals from a conviction for failure to register as a sex offender for which he was sentenced to ten years in prison. Nichols complains that his sentence violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, violated Article I, Section 13 of the Texas Constitution's guarantee against cruel or unusual punishment, and violated the…
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- Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Robert McGruder v. Steven W. PuckettCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Cantu v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
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