Legal Opinion
Santos L. Reyes v. Jill Brown, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 4, 2005No. 00-57130PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
California state prisoner Santos L. Reyes brought this 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habe-as action challenging his sentence under California’s “Three Strikes” law. Reyes was convicted of perjury for making misrepresentations on a California Department of Motor Vehicles (“DMV”) driver’s license application. The perjury conviction was Reyes’ third strike. He was sentenced to twenty-six years to life. Reyes contends that his punishment violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. The district court denied Reyes’ habeas petition. Because we conclude…
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