Legal Opinion
Billy Roy Tyler v. Frank Gunter and Gary Grammer
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1987No. 86-2378PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.
Tyler seeks habeas corpus relief from a five year sentence for possession of Vsth of a gram of hashish. He alleges that the sentence violates the Eighth Amendment’s provision against cruel and unusual punishment. We disagree.
BACKGROUND
While jailed for traffic violations, Tyler was found with hashish about the size of Vith of an aspirin tablet. Representing himself, he pleaded no contest to a charge of knowingly possessing a controlled substance other than marijuana. A presen-tence investigation report noted that he had three other drug-related…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Vasquez v. HillerySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Anderson v. HarlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- William Daye v. Attorney General of the State of New York and Eugene Le Fevre, Superintendent, Greenhaven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- United States v. R. Randall WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
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