In the case Lockyer v.Andrade (2003),the Supreme Court ruled that it was a violation of the Eighth Amendment's cruel and unusual punishment clause to sentence Andrade to 25 years to life imprisonment for petty theft under the state's three strikes law.

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The Supreme Court in Lockyer v. Andrade (2003) upheld the sentence, ruling that it was not a violation of the Eighth Amendment, as the sentence was not grossly disproportionate given the context of the three strikes law.

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