Sean Wayne Pierce v. California
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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(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?