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STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL. WALDO SHORT v. FRANK C. BLACKBURN, WARDEN, LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY.

Granted. The case is remanded to the district court for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether relator's life sentence as a multiple offender constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. See Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277, 103 S.Ct. 3001, 77 L.Ed.2d 637 (1983).

MARCUS and BLANCHE, JJ., dissent from the order.

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STATE EX REL. SHORT v. BLACKBURN
(May 12, 1986)