Legal Opinion
State v. Stubbs
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided February 4, 2014No. COA13-174PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYANT, Judge.
Where the trial court erred in concluding that defendant’s sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole was a violation of the Eighth Amendment, we reverse and remand the trial court order modifying defendant’s original sentence.
On 7 May 1973, a complaint and warrant for arrest was issued against seventeen-year-old defendant Larry Connell Stubbs in Cumberland County.
[The complainant alleged that on that day, defendant] unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously and burglariously [sic] did break and enter, at or about the hour of two o’clock AM in the night... the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. StubbsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2015
- State v. BiddixCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2015
- State v. ThomsenCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2015
- Dep't of Transp. v. RiddleCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2017
- State v. BiddixCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2015
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