State v. Dorthey

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• explaining that because the multiple offender hearing is not a trial, legal principles such as double jeopardy do not apply
• explaining that because the multiple offender hearing is not a trial, legal principles such as double jeopardy do not apply
• providing that Louisiana's Habitual Offender statute is simply an enhancement of punishment provision; it does not punish status and does not on its face impose cruel and unusual punishment
• “Louisiana’s judiciary maintains the distinct responsibility of reviewing sentences .imposed in criminal cases for constitutional excessiveness.”
• “Louisiana’s judiciary maintains the distinct responsibility of reviewing sentences imposed in criminal cases for constitutional exces-siveness.”
• mandatory minimum sentence dictated by statute may constitute excessive punishment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).