Legal Opinion

Houk v. State

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided December 31, 1987No. 18024, 18025PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*660OPINION

By the Court

Mowbray, J.:

These are consolidated appeals from judgments of conviction, pursuant to guilty pleas, of three counts of issuance of a no account check, and two counts of uttering a forged instrument. NRS 205.130; 205.110. Appellant received three ten-year sentences on the issuance charges, and two ten-year sentences on the uttering charges; all sentences are consecutive. Appellant’s sole contention on appeal is that her sentence of fifty years violates the constitutional proscription against cruel and unusual punishment because it is grossly disproportionate to the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Deveroux v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Schmidt v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Mercado v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Woods v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1978

3Cited by37 opinions

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  4. White v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Stahl v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1993

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