Does the "narrow proportionality principle" apply to non-capital sentences?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Quinn, C073331 (Cal. App. 2014):
Under the federal proscription of "cruel and unusual punishment," a " 'narrow proportionality principle' . . . 'applies to noncapital sentences.' " (Ewing v. California (2003) 538 U.S. 11, 20 [155 L.Ed.2d 108, 117] (lead opn. of O'Connor, J.), quoting Harmelin v. Michigan (1991) 501 U.S. 957, 996-997 [115 L.Ed.2d 836, 866].)
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