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People v. Murray

California Court of Appeal

Decided February 6, 2012No. B223024PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

RUBIN, Acting P. J.

Christopher Murray appeals from the judgment entered after he was resentenced to life without parole, plus an additional combined consecutive term of 104 years to life after he pleaded no contest to two counts of first degree murder and one count of attempted murder. Murray contends that because he was 17 at the time of the crimes, the sentence violates the state and federal constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment. We join our First District colleagues in People v. Blackwell (2011) 202 Cal.App.4th 144 [134 Cal.Rptr.3d 608] (Blackwell) and…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  3. Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
  4. Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  5. In Re LynchCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. People v. GutierrezCalifornia Supreme Court · 2014
  2. State v. MossmanSupreme Court of Kansas · 2012
  3. People v. FrancoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2014
  4. People v. GutierrezCalifornia Supreme Court · 2014
  5. People v. Florez, California Court of Appeal, 6th District2016

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