Defendant has moved for an order precluding sentencing in this matter and barring the court from imposing a sentence of 15 years (or more) to life, upon the grounds that Penal Law provisions requiring such sentence are violative of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, in its prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
The defendant in this case was convicted...
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