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JONES v. PURVIS

No. 78-6046.

646 F.2d 127 (1981)

John Paul JONES, Jr., Appellant, v. K. R. PURVIS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph S. Spritzer, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Jerry P. Slonaker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen. of Va., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WIDENER and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Jones was convicted in a state court of possession with intent to distribute some twenty-one pounds of marijuana. After exhausting state remedies, he sought federal habeas corpus relief on the ground that the sentence imposed upon him of twenty years and a fine of $10,000 was so disproportionate as to amount to cruel and unusual punishment.

We considered a somewhat similar claim in Davis v. Davis, 601 F.2d 153<...

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