Bonilla v. Garland

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a life sentence for a minor offense under state recidivist statute was unconstitutionally disproportionate to the crime
• holding that a sentence of life imprisonment without the 21 possibility of parole for seventh nonviolent felony violates Eighth Amendment
• invalidating sentence of life without parole for nonviolent felon, despite statutory authorization
• Eighth Amendment proscribes a life sentence without possibility of parole for a seventh nonviolent felony
• signal that punishment might be excessive is that more serious crimes are subject to same or lesser penalty
• life imprisonment without parole for offender who committed seventh non-violent felony by uttering a 'no account' check in the amount of $100 constituted cruel and unusual punishment

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