Legal Opinion
State v. Fain
Washington Supreme Court
Decided October 2, 1980No. 46357PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
Petitioner Jimmy Fain was found by a jury to be a habitual criminal under RCW 9.92.090. The trial court sentenced him to a term of life imprisonment pursuant to the statute, and he is currently serving that sentence in the state reformatory at Monroe. Following his conviction, he appealed his sentence to the Court of Appeals, asserting that, under the circumstances of his case, *389life in prison constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth amendment to the United States Constitution and Const, art. 1, § 14. The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment and sentence. We…
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