State v. Mossman
Annotate this CaseDefendant James Mossman appealed from the imposition of lifetime postrelease supervision following his conviction of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Defendant contended lifetime postrelease supervision constituted cruel and/or unusual punishment in violation of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights and the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's sentence to lifetime postrelease supervision under Kan. Stat. Ann. 22-3717(d)(1)(G), holding that the sentence was not disproportionate to the seriousness of the crime, was not grossly disproportionate to the sentences imposed for other crimes in Kansas or similar crimes in other states, and was not categorically unconstitutional.
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