Wells-Yates v. Colorado
| Docket Number | 16SC592 |
| Decision Date | 04 November 2019 |
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33 cases
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People v. Houser
...of proportionality that is embedded in the constitutional prohibition against the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment." Wells-Yates v. People , 2019 CO 90M, ¶ 1, 454 P.3d 191. The Eighth Amendment prohibits "not only barbaric punishments, but also sentences that are disproportionate ......
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Peo v Pride
...court to conduct an abbreviated proportionality review in accordance with the principles set forth in Wells-Yates v. People, 2019 CO 90M, 454 P.3d 191. 2 We do not separately address Pride’s challenge under the Colorado Constitution because he does not make a distinct argument from his fede......
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Alexander v. Williams
...L.Ed.2d 836] (1991) (Kennedy, J., concurring); Close v. People, 48 P.3d 528, 536 (Colo. 2002), abrogated on other grounds by Wells-Yates v. People, 2019 CO 90M, ¶¶ 16-17 [454 P.3d Upon request, a trial court must conduct an abbreviated proportionality review of a defendant's sentence. Peopl......
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People v. Sellers
...review, we need not resolve this issue because, reviewing de novo whether the sentence is grossly disproportionate, see Wells-Yates v. People , 2019 CO 90M, ¶ 35, 454 P.3d 191, we perceive no error.b. Applicable Law ¶ 57 A sentence that is grossly disproportionate to the crime is unconstitu......
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