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Lockyer v. Andrade, No. 01-1127 (U.S. Supreme Court) (538 U.S. 63; 123 S.Ct. 1166) (March 5, 2003) (Justice O'Connor)

Ewing v. California, 538 U.S. 11 (2003) (Justice O’Connor)
Lockyer v. Andrade, 539 U.S. 63 (2003) (Justice O’Connor)

Both of these cases address the issue of whether lengthy sentences mandated by California’s harsh “Three Strikes and You’re Out” law, and imposed on defendants who committed relatively minor property offenses, were ...

 

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