Smallwood v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding a 50-year sentence for a non-violent recidivist only after noting that the defendant would be eligible for parole within 12 years
• fifty-year sentence under recidivist statute for stealing $27.64 in meat not grossly disproportionate based on defendant’s criminal history
• mere conclusory allegations do not raise a constitutional issue in a habeas proceeding

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).