Denied.
JOHNSON, C.J., would grant and assigns reasons.
JOHNSON, Chief Justice, would grant the writ application and assigns reasons.
I would grant the writ application, finding defendant's 25-year sentence excessive and a violation of the Eighth Amendment. Under our jurisprudence, a sentence is unconstitutionally excessive when it is grossly disproportionate to the severity of the offense or constitutes nothing more than a needless infliction of pain...
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