Court Opinion

ID: 9551558
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 18:55:16.762423+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:24:10.258819
License: Public Domain

BRETT, Judge
(concurring in part and dissenting in part).
I concur that it was within the province of the jury to find defendant guilty of the charge, but I dissent to the use of defendant’s former conviction sustained when he was seventeen years of age, and I believe the punishment is excessive. I reiterate my position with respect to Lamb v. Brown, supra, in that I believe that decision went to the jurisdiction of juvenile matters and therefore I believe it should be construed to be fully retroactive. Likewise, it shocks my conscience to impose a sentence of ninety-nine (99) years imprisonment on the facts presented in this case.