Rummel v. Estelle
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Rummel v. Estelle 445 U.S. 263
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case in which the Court upheld a life sentence with the possibility of parole for William James Rummel for a felony fraud crime amounting to $120.75. The ruling upheld a Texas recidivism law requiring a minimum punishment for a third felony offense committed within a fifteen year time span to be life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. On his third offense Rummel refused to return money received as payment for unsatisfactory repairs of an air conditioning unit.. All three of Rummel's crimes were felony fraud, in all totaling about $230.
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case in which the Court upheld a life sentence with the possibility of parole for William James Rummel for a felony fraud crime amounting to $120.75. The ruling upheld a Texas recidivism law requiring a minimum punishment for a third felony offense committed within a fifteen year time span to be life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. On his third offense Rummel refused to return money received as payment for unsatisfactory repairs of an air conditioning unit.. All three of Rummel's crimes were felony fraud, in all totaling about $230.
See also
- List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 445
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