Does defendant's sentence violate the California Constitution's prohibition against cruel or unusual punishment?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Green, B276241 (Cal. App. 2017):
Nor did defendant's sentence violate the California Constitution's prohibition against "cruel or unusual" punishment. A grossly disproportionate sentence that "shocks the conscience and offends fundamental notions of human dignity" violates the California Constitution. (People v. Virgil (2011) 51 Cal.4th 1210, 1287, internal quotation marks omitted.) Defendant's sentence did neither.
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The judgment is affirmed.
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