State ex rel. Short v. Blackburn
488 So. 2d 190 | La. | 1986
In re Short, Waldo, applying for remedial writs from the Criminal District Court, Par
Granted. The case is remanded to the district court for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether relator’s life sentence as a multiple offender constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. See Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277, 103 S.Ct. 3001, 77 L.Ed.2d 637 (1983).