What is the "considerable burden" of a defendant to prove his sentence is disproportionate to his level of culpability?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Vigeant, B241378 (Cal. App. 2013):

"'considerable burden'" to show his sentence is disproportionate to his level of culpability, findings of disproportionality have occurred with "'exquisite rarity in the case law.'" (People v. Em (2009) 171 Cal.App.4th 964, 972.)

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