STATE v. RAMIREZ

No. 97-2012.

597 N.W.2d 795 (1999)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Orlando (NMN) RAMIREZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Del Gallo, State Appellate Defender, and Shellie L. Knipfer, Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Julie H. Brown, Assistant Attorney General, Paul L. Martin, County Attorney, and Carlyle D. Dalen, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, NEUMAN, SNELL, and CADY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant, Orlando Ramirez, appeals from the sentence entered upon his conviction of first-degree robbery. See Iowa Code §§ 711.1(1), 711.1(2), 711.2 (1997). Ramirez contends Iowa Code section 902.12, under which he is required to serve the maximum term of his sentence without possibility of parole, violates the state constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, and also his right to equal protection under both the...

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