Legal Opinion
State v. Chavarria
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided April 28, 2009No. 30,486PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MAES, Justice.
{1} Jose Chavarria (Defendant) pleaded guilty to one count of murder in the first degree with a firearm contrary to NMSA 1978, Sections 30-2-1 (1994) and 31-18-16 (1993). The trial court accepted Defendant’s guilty plea, entered a judgment of conviction, and sentenced Defendant to life imprisonment, the maximum penalty for a serious youthful offender. 1 See NMSA 1978, § 31-18-14(A) (1993). On appeal, Defendant claims that his sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the Federal Constitution and Article II, Section 13 of the…
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