People v. Cisneros

specially concurring:

I join the majority opinion in its entirety and agree with the underlying conclusion that a defendant’s age is irrelevant in determining whether a sentence is proportionate to a crime under the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Maj. op. at 828. I write separately to emphasize that our resolution of these cases is dictated by United States Supreme Court decisions addressing the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the Eighth Amendment.

*831Under the structure of our national system, a state court decision interpreting the federal Constitution is of course no…