Legal Opinion
Brown v. Mayle
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 7, 2002No. Nos. 99-17261, 99-56197PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERZON, Circuit Judge.
Earnest Bray, Jr. and Richard Napoleon Brown were each convicted of petty theft, Bray for attempting to steal three videotapes and Brown for attempting to steal a steering wheel alarm. Because of prior convictions, each was sentenced to life without possibility of parole for 25 years. Each now appeals the denial of a habeas petition contending that his sentence constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment.
This court recently held, in Andrade v. Attorney General of the State of California, 270 F.3d 743 (9th Cir.2001), that a 50-year-to…
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