Vasquez v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Justice D. ARTHUR KELSEY.
Darien Vasquez and Brandon Valentin, two sixteen-year-old males, broke into the townhouse of a college student, raped her at knifepoint, and threatened to kill her if she resisted. They also committed a host of other crimes before leaving the victim's townhouse. The trial court convicted Vasquez of eighteen felonies and Valentin of twelve felonies.
On appeal, Vasquez and Valentin claim that the aggregate term-of-years sentences imposed by the court violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. They also contend that the…
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