No. 18-7467

Phillip E. LaPointe v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2019-01-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2019-02-15
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?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. 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. . 2. 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. 7 ; a . eo a . : / ,

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
Michael Marc Glick — Respondent
Phillip LaPointe
Phillip E. LaPointe — Petitioner
Phillip E. LaPointe — Petitioner