No. 20-6085

Celso Yanez v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2020-10-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment first-time-offender mandatory-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines sexual-abuse
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a mandatory sentence of 45 years to life, imposed on a 56-year-old first-time offender in a sexual abuse case involving no violence, no force, no threats, no penetration and no physical injury, violates the Eight Amendment's ban against cruel and unusual punishment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a mandatory sentence of 45 years to life, imposed on a 56-year-old first-time offender in a sexual abuse case involving no violence, no force, no threats, no penetration and no physical injury, violates the Eight Amendment’s ban against cruel and unusual punishment. -i

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-03
Waiver of right of respondent California to respond filed.
2020-10-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 19, 2020)

Attorneys

California
John H. DeistCalifornia Department of Justice, Respondent
Celso Yanez
Alexis Ivar Nicholas HallerLaw Office of Alexis Haller, Petitioner