No. 19-7594
Felix Lopez-Cabrera v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 8th-amendment age-of-culpability age-of-majority criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-sentence life-sentences national-consensus neuroscience
Key Terms:
Punishment
Punishment
Latest Conference:
2020-03-20
Related Cases:
19-7574
(Vide)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Supreme Court jurisprudence finding mandatory life sentences for juveniles cruel and unusual under the Eight Amendment, and non-mandatory life sentences cruel and unusual for juveniles unless they are 'irreparably corrupt' and 'permanently incorrigible,' applies to individuals between the ages of 18 and 21
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether Supreme Court jurisprudence finding mandatory life sentences for juveniles cruel and unusual under the Eight Amendment, and non-mandatory life sentences cruel and unusual for juveniles unless they are “irreparably corrupt” and “permanently incorrigible,” applies to individuals between the ages of 18 and 21. i
Docket Entries
2020-03-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-02-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-02-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 9, 2020)
Attorneys
Felix Lopez-Cabrera
Jesse Siegel — Jesse M. Siegel, Esq., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent