IN RE STEVENS

No. 13-116.

90 A.3d 910 (2014)

2014 VT 6

In re Norman W. STEVENS.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Valerio , Defender General, and Kelly Green , Prisoners' Rights Office, Montpelier, for Petitioner-Appellant.

William H. Sorrell , Attorney General, and David Tartter , Assistant Attorney General, Montpelier, for Respondent-Appellee.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, SKOGLUND and ROBINSON, JJ., and ZONAY, Supr. J., Specially Assigned.


REIBER, C.J.

¶ 1. Petitioner appeals from the Chittenden Civil Division's decision granting the State's motion for summary judgment on his petition for post-conviction relief (PCR). On appeal, petitioner argues that the trial court erred in determining that his sentence of life without parole for attempted murder does not violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. We affirm the trial court's grant of summary judgment.

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