Idaho Supreme Court· 1/10/1992

State v. Brown

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825 P.2d 482
121 Idaho 385
1992 Ida. LEXIS 6

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modifying the Court's Article I, Section 6 proportionality analysis based on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U.S. 957, 111 S.Ct. 2680, 115 L.Ed.2d 836 (1991)
modifying the Court’s Article I, Section 6 proportionality analysis based on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U.S. 957, 111 S.Ct. 2680, 115 L.Ed.2d 836 (1991)
upholding a fixed life sentence for rape, robbery, and aggravated battery after the defendant beat his victim on the head with a brick before raping her, stabbing her twice in the chest, and cutting her throat
letters detailing other violent crimes that defendant had committed related to defendant’s dangerousness to society and to his character and were therefore not unfairly prejudicial
letters detailing other violent crimes that defendant had committed related to defendant's dangerousness to society and to his character and were therefore not unfairly prejudicial
shock the conscience test \essentially equivalent\ to \grossly disproportionate\ test

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Judges: Johnson, Bakes, Bistline, Boyle, Michaud, Tern

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