23 Cited authorities

Lockyer v. Andrade
538 U.S. 63 (2003) Cited 11,075 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that pro se prisoner's timely motion for an extension to file an appeal was the functional equivalent of a notice of appeal
Graham v. Florida
560 U.S. 48 (2010) Cited 4,397 times 46 Legal Analyses
Holding life without parole sentences unconstitutional for non-homicide juvenile offenders
Harmelin v. Michigan
501 U.S. 957 (1991) Cited 4,858 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that sentencing court not required to consider mitigating sentencing factors before imposing mandatory life sentence
Ewing v. California
538 U.S. 11 (2003) Cited 2,711 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding sentence of twenty-five years to life for theft of three golf clubs, valued at approximately $1200, was not violative of the Eighth Amendment, given defendant's prior felony convictions
Solem v. Helm
463 U.S. 277 (1983) Cited 4,001 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that a life sentence without the possibility of parole for a recidivist with seven underlying nonviolent felonies violated the Eighth Amendment
Rummel v. Estelle
445 U.S. 263 (1980) Cited 2,664 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that Texas's recidivist statute did not violate the Eighth Amendment and declining to engage in "extensive intrusion into the basic line-drawing process that is pre-eminently the province of the legislature when it makes an act criminal"
In re Lawrence
44 Cal.4th 1181 (Cal. 2008) Cited 1,266 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that the passage of time is a factor the Board must consider when it determines whether a prisoner is currently dangerous and, thus, unsuitable for parole
In re Shaputis
44 Cal.4th 1241 (Cal. 2008) Cited 645 times
Holding that "some evidence in the record supports the Governor's conclusion that petitioner remains a threat to public safety"
People v. Dillon
34 Cal.3d 441 (Cal. 1983) Cited 1,434 times
Holding that first degree felony murder includes "a variety of unintended homicides resulting from reckless behavior, or ordinary negligence, or pure accident; it embraces both calculated conduct and acts committed in panic or rage, or under the dominion of mental illness, drugs, or alcohol; and it condemns alike consequences that are highly probable, conceivably possible, or wholly unforeseeable."
People v. Sullivan
151 Cal.App.4th 524 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007) Cited 508 times
Holding evidence of defendant's other uncharged offenses was not unduly prejudicial under Evidence Code section 352 because it was not inflammatory and was "quite probative" of his intent
Section 17
Cal. Const. art. I § 17 Cited 1,406 times
Prohibiting cruel or unusual punishment

COLEY (WILLIE CLIFFORD) ON H.C.

23 Cited authorities

Holding that pro se prisoner's timely motion for an extension to file an appeal was the functional equivalent of a notice of appeal

Holding life without parole sentences unconstitutional for non-homicide juvenile offenders

Holding that sentencing court not required to consider mitigating sentencing factors before imposing mandatory life sentence

Holding sentence of twenty-five years to life for theft of three golf clubs, valued at approximately $1200, was not violative of the Eighth Amendment, given defendant's prior felony convictions

Holding that a life sentence without the possibility of parole for a recidivist with seven underlying nonviolent felonies violated the Eighth Amendment

Holding that Texas's recidivist statute did not violate the Eighth Amendment and declining to engage in "extensive intrusion into the basic line-drawing process that is pre-eminently the province of the legislature when it makes an act criminal"

Holding that the passage of time is a factor the Board must consider when it determines whether a prisoner is currently dangerous and, thus, unsuitable for parole

Holding that "some evidence in the record supports the Governor's conclusion that petitioner remains a threat to public safety"

Holding evidence of defendant's other uncharged offenses was not unduly prejudicial under Evidence Code section 352 because it was not inflammatory and was "quite probative" of his intent

Prohibiting cruel or unusual punishment