JUAREZ v. PEOPLE

No. 92SC134.

855 P.2d 818 (1993)

Salvadore JUAREZ, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Vela, Colorado State Public Defender, Kathleen A. Lord, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for petitioner.

Gale A. Norton, Atty. Gen., Raymond T. Slaughter, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Timothy M. Tymkovich, Sol. Gen., John Daniel Dailey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Robert Mark Russel, First Asst. Atty. Gen., John J. Krause, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Enforcement Section, Denver, for respondent.


Justice VOLLACK delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Salvadore Juarez (Juarez) petitions from the decision of the court of appeals in People v. Juarez, No. 89CA1596 (Colo.App. Dec. 19, 1991) (not selected for publication), wherein the court of appeals conducted an abbreviated proportionality review of Juarez' sentence to life imprisonment pursuant to the habitual criminal statute, and concluded that it did not violate the Eighth Amendment to the United States...

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