Rummel v. Estelle
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| Rummel v. Estelle | ||||||
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 Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued January 7, 1980 Decided March 18, 1980 |
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| Full case name | Rummel v. Estelle, Corrections Director | |||||
| Citations | 445 U.S. 263 (more) | |||||
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| The Court affirmed the Texas state court's decision that life in prison with possibility of parole is not cruel and unusual punishment for a habitual offender convicted of passing bad checks. | ||||||
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| Majority | Rehnquist, joined by Burger, Stewart, White, Blackmun | |||||
| Dissent | Powell, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Stevens | |||||
Rummel v. Estelle 445 U.S. 263 (1980) is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld a life sentence with the possibility of parole for William James Rummel for a felony fraud crime amounting to $120.75.[1] The ruling upheld a Texas recidivism law requiring a minimum punishment for a third felony offense committed within a fifteen year time span to be life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. [1] On his third offense Rummel refused to return money received as payment for unsatisfactory repairs of an air conditioning unit.[2]. All three of Rummel's crimes were felony fraud, in all totaling about $230.[1]
[edit] See also
- List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 445
- Capital punishment
- Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
[edit] References
- ^ a b c FindLaw | Cases and Codes
- ^ CounterPunch, 7 August 2009, Legal Absurdities
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