Legal Opinion

Dembowski v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided October 16, 1968No. 0-871PublishedCited by 87 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLewis, C. J.

Petitioner has filed with this Court, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 2-22 (1967), a petition for rehearing on an unpublished per curiam opinion rendered by this Court under date of September 22, 1967, and said petition for rehearing is hereby granted.

Petitioner claims that his ten (10) to twenty-five (25) year indeterminate sentence for the crime of Robbery is in violation of the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution, and Article I, Section 16 of the Indiana Constitution. Petitioner’s challenge on the basis of these constitutional provisions is one of first impresson for this…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Weems v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  4. Lambert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Cannon v. GladdenOregon Supreme Court · 1955

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3Cited by87 opinions

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