Riggs v. California, No. 98-5021 (U.S. Supreme Court) (525 U.S. 1114; 119 S.Ct. 890) (January 19, 1999) (Per Curiam)
In this order denying certiorari, the Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeal from a repeat offender who was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for stealing a bottle of vitamins from a supermarket - a crime that the California Court of Appeals characterized as “a petty ...
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