Ex Parte State of Alabama. (In Re Carlton Reashard Lane v. State of Alabama).

Summary

The Alabama Supreme Court reversed the Court of Criminal Appeals, holding that the phrase “for any term of not less than 99 years” in the Habitual Felony Offender Act sets a minimum of 99 years and a maximum of life imprisonment, allowing any term in between, so Lane’s 120‑year sentence is within the statutory range, and remanded for the appellate court to consider the Eighth Amendment claim.