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State v. Burns

Citations

  • 723 So. 2d 1013
  • 1998 WL 802258

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  • invalidating as excessive under the Louisiana state constitution a life sentence for possession and distribution of two rocks of crack cocaine where defendant's prior felonies had been non-violent and there were other mitigating circumstances

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Judges: Plotkin

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