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Lockyer Vs. Andrade

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Mar 05, 2003

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  1. HarmelIn Vs. Michigan US Supreme Court · Jun 27, 1991
  2. Rummel Vs. Estelle US Supreme Court · Mar 18, 1980
  3. Woodford Vs. Visciotti US Supreme Court · Nov 04, 2002
  4. Solem Vs. Helm US Supreme Court · Jun 28, 1983
  5. U.S. 63 (2003) October Term, 2002 Syllabus Lockyer, Attorney General of California V. Andrade
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  6. that his sentence violated the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. It found the Solem v. Helm
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  7. U. S. 277 , proportionality analysis questionable in light of Harmelin v. Michi
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  8. gan, 501 U. S. 957 . It then compared the facts in Andrade's case to those in Rummel v. Estelle
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  9. that are materially indistinguishable from a Court decision and nevertheless arrives at a different result. Williams v. Taylor
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  10. the correct governing legal principle but unreasonably applies it to the facts of the prisoner's case. Williams v. Taylor
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  11. permitted an affirmance of Andrade's sentence. Cf., e. g., Riggs v. California
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  12. cf. Ewing v. California
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  13. at 17. The trial court also has discretion to reduce the charge to a misdemeanor at the time of sentencing. See People v. Superior
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  14. see also Ewing v. California
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  15. B). The State stated at oral argument that under the decision announced by the Supreme Court of California in People v. Garcia
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  16. of Solem v. Helm
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  17. U. S. 957 (1991). App. to Pet. for Cert. 76. The court then ap- 69 plied our decision in Rummel v. Estelle
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  18. erroneous-in other words that clear error occurred.''' 270 F. 3d, at 753 (alteration in original) (quoting Van Tran v. Lindsey
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  19. The court then reviewed our three most recent major precedents in this area-Rummel v. Estelle
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  20. Solem v. Helm
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  21. supra, and Harmelin v. Michigan
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  22. Id., at 767 (quoting Harmelin v. Michigan
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  23. to review the state court decision de novo before applying the AEDPA standard of review. See, e. g., Van Tran v. Lindsey
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  24. Clark v. Murphy
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  25. court decision is contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law. See Weeks v. Angelone
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  26. d)(1). Andrade relies upon a series of precedents from this Court Rummel v. Estelle
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  27. U. S. 277 (1983), and Harmelin v. Michigan
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  28. Williams v. Taylor
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  29. with Andrade's position, however, is that our precedents in this area have not been a model of clarity. See Harmelin v. Michigan
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  30. can violate the Eighth Amendment, we have not established a clear or consistent path for courts to follow. See Ewing v. California
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  31. see also Solem v. Helm
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  32. see also Bell v. Cone
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  33. to some degree both Rummel and Solem, it is not materially indistinguishable from either. Cf. Ewing v. California
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  34. argues that the possibility of Andrade's receiving parole in 50 years makes this case similar to the facts in Solem v. Helm
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  35. Post, at 78-79 (dissenting opinion). Andrade's sentence, however, is also similar to the facts in Rummel v. Estelle
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  36. Post, at 78. Given the lack of clarity of our precedents in Solem, Rummel, and Harmelin v. Michigan
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  37. analysis. In Van Tran v. Lindsey
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  38. to give proper deference to state courts by conflating error (even clear error) with unreasonableness. See Williams v. Taylor
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  39. F. 3d, at 753 (quoting Van Tran v. Lindsey
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  40. two different Kmart stores occurring two weeks apart were two distinct crimes. JUSTICE SOUTER, relying on Robinson v. California
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  41. to a set of facts different from those of the case in which the principle was announced. See, e. g., Williams v. Taylor
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  42. Syllabus Lockyer, Attorney General of California V. Andrade
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  43. the Solem v. Helm
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  44. of Harmelin v. Michi
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  45. Riggs v. California
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  46. Ewing v. California
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  47. See People v. Superior
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  48. People v. Garcia
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  49. Van Tran v. Lindsey
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  50. and Harmelin v. Michigan
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