Hudson v. State

¶ 28. I would affirm the decisions of a Winston County jury, a Winston County circuit judge and a unanimous Court of Appeals. The issues raised on appeal are {verbatim et literatim):(1) Whether the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole for possession of a trace amount of cocaine without considering the extenuating circumstances such as the proportionality of the type of conviction compared to the amount of cocaine petitioner was accused of having possession thereof and the fact that the petitioner has never been convicted as a drug trafficker constitutes cruel…