State v. Florentin
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After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of one count of rape. The district court judge imposed life imprisonment with a minimum term of imprisonment of not less than twenty-five years. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction and sentence, holding (1) rape is not an alternative means crime, and therefore, the State presented sufficient evidence to support the conviction, and Defendant was not denied his right to a unanimous verdict; (2) the district court judge did not abuse his discretion in denying Defendant's motion for a departure sentence; and (3) because Defendant stated a case-specific argument rather than a categorical argument within the framework of Graham v. Florida in claiming that his sentence was disproportional, Defendant waived his argument by not arguing it in the district court and on appeal.
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