No. 19-7676

Robert Jackson v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2020-02-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: eighth-amendment graham-v-florida graham-vs-florida juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment mandatory-sentencing miller-graham-rule miller-v-alabama miller-vs-alabama national-consensus parole scientific-evidence
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-04-03
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Eighth Amendment's protection established in Graham and Miller should be expanded beyond age cutoff at eighteen to prohibit mandatory life imprisonment without parole based on new scientific evidence and growing national consensus?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED WHETHER EIGHTH AMENDMENT’S PROTECTION ESTABLISHED IN GRAHAM AND MILLER SHOULD BE EXPANDED BEYOND AGE CUTOFF AT EIGHTEEN TO PROHIBIT MANDATORY LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT PAROLE BASED ON NEW SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND GROWING NATIONAL CONSENSUS? : i SO. :

Docket Entries

2020-04-06
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/3/2020.
2020-03-16
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2020-01-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 16, 2020)

Attorneys

Florida
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent
Robert Jackson
Robert Jackson — Petitioner
Robert Jackson — Petitioner