The Supreme Court found one mandatory minimum sentence for a firearm offense unconstitutional and upheld two others in a pair of decisions
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Hills had consumed large amounts of prescription medication and alcohol and said he did not remember the events. “The mandatory minimum cannot be justified by deterrence and denunciation alone, and the punishment shows a complete disregard for sentencing norms,” Justice Sheilah Martin wrote on behalf of a majority of the court.
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