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STATE EX REL. SHORT v. BLACKBURN

Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 12, 1986

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.