No. 18-6554
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-sentence mandatory-life-sentence opportunity-for-release reasonable-opportunity-for-release
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity DueProcess CriminalProcedure Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
SocialSecurity DueProcess CriminalProcedure Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2018-12-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a mandatory life sentence for a crime committed by a juvenile that does not allow him a reasonable opportunity for release violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States as applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW : Whether a mandatory life sentence for a crime committed by a juvenile that does not allow him a reasonable opportunity for release violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual : punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States as applied to : the states through the Fourteenth Amendment? '
Docket Entries
2018-12-10
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/7/2018.
2018-11-14
Waiver of right of respondent Tennessee to respond filed.
2018-10-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 3, 2018)
Attorneys
Tennessee
Walter Collins
Barry William Kuhn — Shelby County Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Barry William Kuhn — Shelby County Public Defender's Office, Petitioner