State v. Raybould

HAYS, Chief Justice.

On March 29, 1971, as a result of a plea bargain, the defendant, William Raybould, plead guilty to an amended information charging possession of marihuana. April 19, 1971, the defendant was sentenced to the State Prison for not less than four nor more than eight years. He then brought an appeal to the Court of Appeals, urging only that the sentence was excessive and constituted cruel and unusual punishment. In its original opinion, the Court of Appeals held that the sentence was excessive but thereafter, on a motion for rehearing, reversed itself and upheld the original…