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SIMS v. STATE

No. 20926.

814 P.2d 63 (1991)

Anthony Edward SIMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 27, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan D. Harris, Public Defender, and Marcus D. Cooper, Deputy Public Defender, Las Vegas, for appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Rex Bell, Dist. Atty., and James Tufteland, Deputy Dist. Atty., Las Vegas, for respondent.

OPINION

STEFFEN, Justice:

Appellant Anthony Edward Sims was convicted, pursuant to a jury verdict, of one count of grand larceny. Sims was also adjudged an habitual criminal and sentenced to a term of life without the possibility of parole. The primary issue Sims raises on appeal is whether his sentence is disproportionate to the crime and therefore violative of the Eighth Amendment's proscription against cruel and unusual punishment. We conclude that Sims...

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