No. 19-5528

Robert Anthony Chester v. West Virginia

Lower Court: West Virginia
Docketed: 2019-08-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: co-defendant co-defendants constitutional-proportionality criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment disparate-sentencing disproportionate-sentencing eighth-amendment equal-protection first-degree-robbery sentencing sentencing-disparity
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Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was Petitioner's One Hundred Eighty Year Sentence For His Conviction Of Two Counts Of First Degree Robbery Disparate To The Twenty Year Sentence Imposed On His Co-Defendant In Violation Of The Eighth Amendment To The United States Constitution?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1) Was Petitioner’s One Hundred Eighty Year Sentence For His Conviction Of Two Counts Of First Degree Robbery Disparate To The Twenty Year Sentence Imposed On His Co-Defendant In Violation Of The Eighth Amendment To The United States Constitution?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-09
Waiver of right of respondent West Virginia to respond filed.
2019-08-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 9, 2019)
2019-06-21
Application (18A1338) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 12, 2019.
2019-06-11
Application (18A1338) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 13, 2019 to August 12, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Robert Anthony Chester
Robert Chester — Petitioner
Robert Chester — Petitioner
West Virginia
Lindsay Sara SeeOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent
Lindsay Sara SeeOffice of the West Virginia Attorney General, Respondent