Mosley v. Mississippi
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Defendant James Wayland Mosley was sentenced to a total of 126 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) after a jury convicted him on one count of selling cocaine, one count of selling methamphetamine, and one count of selling marijuana (less than thirty grams). Mosley appealed the sentence to the Supreme Court claiming that the trial court’s sentencing order is disproportionate to the crimes he committed and violated his constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. Because the Court found that the trial court did not abuse its discretion, Mosley’s sentences were neither disproportionate to the crimes he committed nor outside the limits prescribed by statute, the Court affirmed the trial court’s sentencing order.
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