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Lawrence Robinson; Respondent; State of California; Petitioner's Claim; ... However, after subsequent decisions such as Powell v. Texas (1968) the Court moved away from this position, reducing the Robinson decision to simply a ban that prohibits states from punishing people for havinga status or condition.
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In Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660, 82 S. Ct. 1417, 8 L. Ed. 2d 758 (1962), the U.S. Supreme Court made two landmark rulings on the scope and meaning of the CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENTS CLAUSE of the EIGHTH AMENDMENT to the U.S. Constitution.
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Edwards v. California, 314 U.S. 160, 171. Although expressing some doubt as to the constitutionality of "the crime of being a narcotic addict," the reviewing court in an unreported opinion affirmed the judgement of conviction, citing two of its own previous unreported decisions which had upheld the constitutionality of...
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ROBINSON v. CALIFORNIA, 370 U.S. 660 (1962) ... ROBINSON v. CALIFORNIA. APPEAL FROM THE APPELLATE DEPARTMENT, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ; ANGELES COUNTY. No. 554. Argued April 17, 1962. Decided June 25, 1962. ... Edwards v. California, 314 U.S. 160, 171 . Although expressing some doubt as to the constitutionality...
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1. The statute is s 11721 of the California Health and Safety Code. It provides: 'No person shall use, or be under the influence of, or be addicted to the use of narcotics, excepting when administered by or under the direction of a person licensed by the State to prescribe ... More than forty years ago, in Whipple v.
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wings.buffalo.edu/law/bclc/web/robinson.htm
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APPEAL FROM THE APPELLATE DEPARTMENT, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY ... A California statute makes it a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for any person to "be addicted to the use of narcotics," and, in sustaining petitioner's conviction thereunder, the California courts construed the statute as...
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854, 301 P.2d 313. Under California law, a defendant has no constitutional right to be tried in any particular county, but, under statutory law, with certain exceptions, "an accused person is answerable only in the jurisdiction where the crime, or some part or effect thereof, was committed or occurred." People v.
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Robinson v. California 370 U.S. 660 (1962), argued 17 Apr. 1962, decided 25 June 1962 by vote of 7 to 2; Stewart for the Court, White and Clark in ... The U.S. Supreme Court, in Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660, 82 S. Ct. 1417, 8 L. Ed. 2d 758 (1962), made two landmark rulings on the scope and meaning of the Cruel...
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www.answers.com/topic/robinson-v-california
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Plaintiff Calvin Robinson (“plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In litigating this action, the parties must comply with ... (NEW DJ) (PC) McLeod v. California Department of Corrections et al - Document No. 11; 69 reads...
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