No. 19-6006
Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: 8th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama rehabilitation sentencing sentencing-hearing
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2020-05-15
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the Eighth Amendment require a factual finding to determine to which class a given juvenile belongs?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED The Eighth Amendment prohibits life-without-parole sentences for all but the rarest juveniles who exhibit a lack of rehabilitative potential due their irretrievable depravity and irreparable corruption. To enforce this constitutional rule, Miller requires specialized hearings to separate juvenile homicide offenders into two classes: (1) those who may be sentenced to life without parole and (2) those who may not be sentenced to life without parole. Does the Eighth Amendment require a factual finding to determine to which class a given juvenile belongs? i
Docket Entries
2020-05-18
Petition DENIED.
2020-05-12
Reply of Nicholas Wilkerson submitted.
2020-04-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2020-02-26
Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed.
2020-02-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 26, 2020.
2020-02-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 12, 2020 to February 26, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-12-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 12, 2020.
2019-12-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 13, 2020 to February 12, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-12-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 13, 2020.
2019-11-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 12, 2019 to January 13, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-11-12
Response Requested. (Due December 12, 2019)
2019-10-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
2019-09-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 21, 2019)
2019-07-10
Application (19A18) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until September 9, 2019.
2019-06-26
Application (19A18) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 11, 2019 to September 9, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Alabama
Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr. — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Nicholas Wilkerson
John Douglas Lloyd — The Law Office of J.D. Lloyd, Petitioner