P. v. Adams CA2/2
Kevin Deon Adams (defendant) committed two sets of crimes soon after his 18th birthday—he kidnapped, raped and tried to murder a woman, then a month later opened fire on two other young men. Defendant now complains that he is entitled to a hearing, pursuant to People v. Franklin (2016) 63 Cal.4th 261 (Franklin), at which he can create a record of mitigating evidence tied to his youth for later use at a youth offender parole hearing under Penal Code section 3051. The People have pointed out that defendant’s aggravated sex crime convictions render him ineligible for a youth offender parole hearing, so defendant raises two new arguments in his reply brief—namely, (1) that denying aggravated sex offenders a youth offender parole hearing violates equal protection, and (2) his total combined prison sentence of 18 years and 4 months, plus 120 years to life, plus two life sentences constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the law constraining the length of juvenile sentences.
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