California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Montalvo, A129490 (Cal. App. 2012):
A defendant bears the burden of establishing that the punishment imposed is unconstitutional. (People v. King (1993) 16 Cal.App.4th 567, 572.) The proscription against cruel and unusual punishment is violated when a penalty is "so disproportionate
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