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People v. Pryor11/6/2002
o question. Indeed, California's three-strikes sentencing scheme "is consistent with the nationwide pattern of substantially increasing sentences for habitual offenders." (People v. Ingram, supra, 40 Cal.App.4th at p. 1416; accord People v. Ruiz (1996) 44 Cal.App.4th 1653, 1665.) Furthermore, that other jurisdictions may impose shorter terms than does California for recidivists like Pryor does not render his sentence disproportionate to his criminal status. " he needs and concerns of a particular state may induce it to treat certain crimes or particular repeat offenders more severely than any other state. Nothing in the prohibition against cruel or unusual punishment per se disables a state from responding to changed social conditions and increasing the severity with which it treats its recidivist felons." (People v. Cooper, supra, 43 Cal.App.4th at p. 827, citing Harmelin v. Michigan (1991) 501 U.S. 957 [111 S.Ct. 2680, 115 L.E.2d 836].)
DISPOSITION
The judgment is affirmed.
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
We concur:
JOHNSON, Acting P. J.
WOODS, J.
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