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U.S. Supreme Court won't review case of 76-year-old man serving life without parole for pot
Matt BosterViewed: 3921
Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Apr 18 2016 12:53 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it won't hear the appeal of Lee Carroll Brooker, a 76-year-old Houston County man who is serving a life without the possibility parole sentence for his 2014 conviction for possession of a few pounds of marijuana.
The Supreme Court denied certiorari – or review – of Brooker's case without comment. The court had considered whether to take up the case – and many others – in a Friday conference.
Brooker's attorneys argued that the sentence based on his habitual offender status violates the Eighth Amendment against cruel and unusual punishment.
Some people said Brooker got a raw deal when he was sentenced as a habitual offender. Those included included Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore who called Brooker's sentence "excessive and unjustified" in a special writing when his court rejected Brooker's appeal last year.
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