State v. King
Annotate this CaseDefendant pleaded guilty to grand theft by insufficient funds check. Defendant was subsequently sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. Defendant appealed, arguing that the trial judge failed properly to advise him of all of his constitutional and statutory rights at his plea hearing and that his sentence violated the Eighth Amendment. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) Defendant knowingly and voluntarily entered his guilty plea; and (2) Defendant’s contention that his eight-year penitentiary sentence constituted cruel and unusual punishment was without merit.
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