Does the absence of intercase proportionality review violate the Eighth Amendment?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Amezcua, S133660 (Cal. 2019):

The absence of a requirement of intercase proportionality review does not violate the Eighth Amendment. (People v. Thompson (2010) 49 Cal.4th 79, 143.)

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