No. 18-98
Jerrard T. Cook, aka Jerrad T. Cook, aka Jerrard Cook aka Jerrard Tramaine Cook, aka J-Fat v. Mississippi
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-procedure eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-prohibits juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole montgomery-v-louisiana permanent-incorrigibility sentencing sentencing-authority
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Punishment
AdministrativeLaw Punishment
Latest Conference:
2019-01-04
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Amendment requires the sentencing authority to make a finding that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible in order to impose a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
question presented is: 1. Whether the Eighth Amendment requires the sentencing authority to make a finding that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible in order to impose a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The second question presented is: 2. Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits a life without parole sentence for a crime committed by a juvenile.
Docket Entries
2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-12-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-12-17
Reply of petitioner Jerrard T. Cook filed.
2018-12-03
Brief of respondent State of Mississippi in opposition filed.
2018-11-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 3, 2018.
2018-11-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 13, 2018 to December 3, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-10-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 13, 2018.
2018-10-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 11, 2018 to November 13, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-09-11
Response Requested. (Due October 11, 2018)
2018-09-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-20
Waiver of right of respondent State of Mississippi to respond filed.
2018-07-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 22, 2018)
2018-06-01
Application (17A1336) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 20, 2018.
2018-05-31
Application (17A1336) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 20, 2018 to July 20, 2018, submitted to Justice Alito.
Attorneys
Jerrard T. Cook
David Michael Shapiro — Petitioner
State of Mississippi
Scott Stuart — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent