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STATE v. HAIRSTON

No. 2007-0394.

118 Ohio St.3d 289 (2008)

2008-Ohio-2338

THE STATE OF OHIO, Appellee, v. HAIRSTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 21, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ron O'Brien, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Steven L. Taylor, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Clark Law Office and Toki M. Clark, for appellant.

O'DONNELL, J.

{¶ 1} The sole issue before this court concerns whether the aggregate, 134-year prison term imposed on Marquis Hairston constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Section 9, Article I of the Ohio Constitution. Because this aggregate term of incarceration resulted from Hairston's guilty pleas to four counts of aggravated robbery, four counts of kidnapping...

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