State v. Manussier

How courts have described this case

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• specifying that Washington state courts “consider[] [these] three factors in determining whether a punishment is disproportionate to the crime committed and thus ‘cruel’ in contravention of [Washington] Const. art. I, § 14”
• specifying that Washington state courts “consider[] [these] three factors in determining whether a punishment is disproportionate to the crime committed and thus ‘cruel’ in contravention of [Washington] Const. art. I, § 14”
• stating, “[t]he Gunwall[ 11 ] factors do not favor an independent inquiry under article I, section 3 of the state constitution”
• bolding failure to establish prejudice defeats a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
• upholding a life sentence where prior convictions were for second degree robbery and first degree robbery, and current conviction was for second degree robbery
• discussing how the low bar to surviving rational basis scrutiny is rooted in our deference to legislative policy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).