Diaz v. State of New York

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that Court “lack[ed] clear objec- tive standards to distinguish between sentences for differ- ent terms of years”
• holding that sentence of life imprisonment for possession of 650 grams of cocaine did not contravene the Eighth Amendment
• holding that \life imprisonment with possibility of parole is also unique in that it is the third most severe\ (emphasis in original)
• concluding that an LWOP sentence for possessing a large amount of cocaine was not cruel and unusual
• holding that life in prison without the possibility of parole for recidivist convicted of cocaine possession did not violate Eighth Amendment
• holding that the same sentence is permissible under US Const, Ams VIII and XIV

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).