State v. Riffe

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 113,746 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellant, V. JOHNATHAN L. RIFFE, Appellee. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Section 9 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights prohibits any punishment that, although not cruel or unusual in its method, is so disproportionate to the crime for which it is inflicted that it shocks the conscience and offends fundamental notions of human dignity. 2. Kansas courts consider the following three factors from State v. Freeman, 223 Kan. 362, 367,

574 P.2d 950

(1978), when analyzing whether a sentence is so disproportionate that it is…