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Supreme Court of Kansas· 10/31/2008

State v. Ortega-Cadelan

Citations

  • 194 P.3d 1195
  • 287 Kan. 157
  • 2008 Kan. LEXIS 593

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding “one consideration may weigh so heavily that it directs the final conclusion” when applying the three-prong test for determining whether a sentence violates the constitutional prohibition against cruel or unusual punishment
  • applying disjunctive three-pronged test including individual analysis of the nature of offense and character of offender
  • applying disjunctive three-pronged test including individual analysis of the nature of offense and character of offender
  • decfining to be the first tribunal to consider inherently factual cruel and unusual punishment issue
  • noting that considerations under the first Freeman prong are “inherently factual”
  • applying disjunctive three-pronged test including individual analysis of the nature of offense and character of offender

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Judges: Luckert

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