No. 18-7467
Phillip E. LaPointe v. Illinois
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 8th-amendment atkins-precedent atkins-v-virginia brain-development criminal-punishment cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-justice juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole sentencing
Latest Conference:
2019-02-15
Question Presented (from Petition)
Does this Court's 8th Amendment protections extend to a just turned eighteen year old who received life without parole, where the evidence shows he was not a mature adult in brain development.
Whether this court's decision in Atkins v Virginia should extend to a natural life without parole sentence for an individual with underdeveloped brain functioning.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does this Court's 8th Amendment protections extend to a just turned eighteen year old who received life without parole, where the evidence shows he was not a mature adult in brain development?
Docket Entries
2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-28
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2018-12-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 19, 2019)
Attorneys
Illinois
Michael Marc Glick — Respondent
Phillip LaPointe
Phillip E. LaPointe — Petitioner