New York Court of Appeals· 6/18/1975

People v. Broadie

Citations

37 N.Y.2d 100
332 N.E.2d 338
371 N.Y.S.2d 471
1975 N.Y. LEXIS 1932

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declining to discuss “extent to which the conscience of the court is shocked by punishments imposed ... [bjecause such a subjective test has obvious weaknesses in trying to apply a rational analysis”
declining to discuss \extent to which the conscience of the court is shocked by punishments imposed ... [b]ecause such a subjective test has obvious weaknesses in trying to apply a rational analysis\
analyzing cruel and unusual punishment claims under the federal and state constitutions together
“Littering or speeding, for example, would certainly be diminished by the threat of severe punishments, but they are relatively minor offenses to which penalties of the kind imposed for [serious felonies] would be readily recognized as grossly disproportionate.”
mandatory maximum term of life imprisonment and mínimums from one or six years to eight and one-third years for the sale of narcotics
six years to life sentence for “street” sale of small amount of cocaine does not violate the Eighth Amendment

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Judges: Brbitel

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