United States v. David Mendoza, Jr., Gerardo Garcia, Luis Pompilio Palacio, and Fabio Ramirez-Salazar

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• holding that as long as a sentence is within the range provided by statute it is not reviewable by an appellate court even where it exceeds a defendant’s life expectancy
• holding a mandatory minimum sentence based on the quantity and purity of drugs did not violate the right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment
• finding § 841(b)(1)'s mandatory minimum does not violate due process, or equal protection rights, or constitute cruel and unusual punishment
• mandatory minimum penalties for drug offenses do not violate Eighth Amendment&s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments
• mandatory minimum -3- penalties for drug offenses do not violate Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments
• mandatory minimum sentencing does not violate defendant’s constitutional rights

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