Tia Marie-Mitchell Skinner v. Michigan
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment
Whether Michigan's Miller v. Alabama sentencing statute requires a jury determination and proof beyond a reasonable doubt, under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, of circumstances that increase the potential punishment from that available after the jury determination of guilt?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether Michigan’s Miller v. Alabama sentencing statute requires a jury determination and proof beyond a reasonable doubt, under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, of circumstances that increase the potential punishment from that available after the jury determination of guilt? IL. Whether the Eighth Amendment requires the finding of narrowing criteria, such as permanent incorrigibility or irreparable corruption, prior to allowing the imposition of a life without parole sentence on a juvenile?