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Gandy v. State

Citations

  • 718 S.E.2d 287
  • 290 Ga. 166
  • 2011 Fulton County D. Rep. 3676
  • 2011 Ga. LEXIS 933

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  • sentencing a 20-year-old to life in prison with mandatory service of at least 30 years before eligibility for parole does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment
  • rejecting contention that life sentence imposed on 20-year-old murder convict implicated Eighth Amendment
  • where there was no evidence that police or other state actors were involved with suggesting identification, it is an issue of eyewitness credibility, which the jury was able to assess when the witness testified at trial

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Judges: Carley

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