Williams (J'von) v. State
Williams (J'von) v. State
Opinion
death). The collision resulted in the victim's death. The court was informed that, while Williams had never been convicted of a prior misdemeanor or felony, he had been "charged with leaving the scene of a collision" in 2012 and had one "prior DUI arrest." Williams' prison term of to 15 years falls within the parameters provided by the relevant statute, see NRS 484E.010(3), and is not so disproportionate to the crime "as to shock the conscience." CuIverson v. State, 95 Nev. 433, 435, 596 P.2d 220, 221-22 (1979); see also Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U.S. 957, 1000-01 (1991) (plurality opinion) (explaining that the Eighth Amendment does not require strict proportionality between crime and sentence; it forbids only an extreme sentence that is grossly disproportionate to the crime).
Further, Williams has not alleged that the district court relied solely on impalpable or highly suspect evidence or that the sentencing statute is unconstitutional. See Chavez v. State, 125 Nev. 328, 348, 213 P.3d 476, 489-90 (2009). Therefore, we conclude that the sentence imposed does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment and the district court did not abuse its discretion at sentencing, see Houk v. State, 103 Nev. 659, 664, 747 P.2d 1376, 1379 (1987), and we ORDER the judgment of conviction AFFIRMED.
Pie/few:up ,J Pickering
Parraguirre Saitta
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