No. 19-7832

Sean Wayne Pierce v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2020-03-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: actually-innocent constitutional-review conviction criminal-sentencing habeas-corpus miller-v-alabama mitigating-factor sentence standard-of-review-under-miller-v-alabama status-rather-than-criminal-conduct validity-of-conviction youth-offender
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-05-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether habeas corpus under Miller v. Alabama was necessary when a significant mitigating factor calls into question the validity of the conviction or sentence

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Whether habeas corpus under Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 465 was necessary when a “significant mitigating factor" pop-up that calls into question the validity of the conviction or sentence? 2. What standard of review under Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 465 (2012) applies to eligible “Youth Offender's" claiming to be "Actually Innocent" of murder or homicide charges? 3. Whether under Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 465 (2012) Youth offender was convicted or sentenced on the basis of a statute which punished status rather than criminal conduct?

Docket Entries

2020-05-04
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020.
2019-11-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 3, 2020)

Attorneys

Sean W. Pierce
Sean Wayne Pierce — Petitioner
Sean Wayne Pierce — Petitioner