State v. Ruggles
Annotate this CaseDefendant pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child in violation of Kan. Stat. Ann. 21-3504(a)(3)(B). Pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. 21-4643(a)(1)(3), the district court imposed a life sentence with a mandatory minimum term of twenty-five years for each count and ordered the sentences to run consecutively. Defendant appealed, arguing that section 21-4643(a)(1)(3) violated the Eighth Amendment's proscription against cruel and unusual punishment because a hard twenty-five life sentence was disproportionate to the crime section 21-3504(a)(3)(B) defined. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that imposition of a hard twenty-five life sentence under Jessica's Law for each of Defendant's convictions was not categorically disproportionate and, therefore, was not cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
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