Commonwealth v. Dunn

The defendant was convicted by a Superior Court jury of the crime of home invasion, G. L. c. 265, § 18C, and received a sentence of from twenty-four to thirty years in State prison.1 The defendant argues that G. L. c. 265, § 18C, *59is unconstitutionally vague on its face. He also argues that the term of imprisonment under the statute (a minimum of twenty years up to life for a first offense) constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under State and Federal constitutional provisions. Both issues presented in the appeal involve a facial challenge to the home invasion statute; hence, for purposes…