Legal Opinion
Robert Roberts v. George Collins, Warden, Maryland Penitentiary, Robert Roberts v. George Collins, Warden, Maryland Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 28, 1976No. 76-1080, 76-1081PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Per curiam
Sentenced in a state court to two successive terms of twenty years each upon pleas of guilty to two charges of simple assault, the defendant asserted a denial of his Eighth Amendment rights, derived through the Fourteenth Amendment, to be free of cruel and unusual punishment. The district court held the sentences invalid to the extent that they exceed the statutory maximum of fifteen years which may be imposed upon a conviction of assault with intent to murder. Roberts v. Collins, D.C. Md., 404 F.Supp. 119. On appeals by both parties, we affirm.
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2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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