No. 18-8704
Brandon Keith Alexander v. Texas
IFP
Tags: 8th-amendment constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing non-homicide-offense non-homicide-offenses parole parole-eligibility sentencing
Key Terms:
Punishment
Punishment
Latest Conference:
2019-06-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether sentencing a juvenile non-homicide offender to 60 years without the possibility of parole violates the 8th Amendment, prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED ; 1. Whether sentencing a juvenile non-homicide offender to 60 years without the possibility of parole violates the 8th Amendment, prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment? 2. Whether a state allowing for the disparity of juvenile capital murder offenders to be eligible for parole after serving 40 years, while allowing juvenile non-homicide offenders to be sentenced to 60 years without the possibility of parole violates the 8th Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment?
Docket Entries
2019-06-10
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2019.
2019-03-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 6, 2019)