State v. Jonas

OPINION

CORCORAN, Justice.

Defendant Jay Martin Jonas (defendant) petitions for review of the court of appeals decision affirming his convictions for trafficking in stolen property and transferring marijuana to a minor under the age of 15 years, and his resulting consecutive sentences totalling 46 years. We granted review of the following question:

Under the facts of this case, does the 25-year sentence, imposed consecutively to the other sentence, violate the proscription against cruel and unusual punishment when imposed for the act of selling to a 14-year-old minor one marijuana cigarette for…