No. 19-8668
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: aggravated-robbery capital-felony-murder constitutional-rights graham-v-florida juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment non-homicide-crime procedural-default
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference:
2021-01-08
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the trial court erred in instructing the jury that the petitioner could be sentenced to life imprisonment for a non-homicide crime committed as a juvenile
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW WHETHER, FOLLOWING THIS COURT’S DECISION IN GRAHAM v. FLORIDA. 560 U.S. 48, 79 (2010), THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN INSTRUCTING PETITIONER WHITESIDE’S TRIAL JURY THAT HE COULD BE SENTENCED TO A TERM OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR A NON-HOMICIDE CRIME, AGGRATED ROBBERY, COMMITTED AS THE UNDERLYING FELONY OF A CAPITAL FELONY MURDER CHARGE ON WHICH HE WAS SENTENCED TO A MANDATORY SENTENCE OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT, THE OFFENSES HAVING BEEN COMMITTED WHILE HE WAS A JUVENILE. i
Docket Entries
2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-21
Reply of petitioner Lemuel Whiteside submitted.
2020-12-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-20
Brief of respondent State of Arkansas in opposition filed.
2020-09-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 20, 2020.
2020-09-01
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 21, 2020 to November 20, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-08-21
Response Requested. (Due September 21, 2020)
2020-07-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-10
Waiver of right of respondent Arkansas to respond filed.
2020-04-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 13, 2020)
Attorneys
Arkansas
State of Arkansas
Vada Berger — AR Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Vada Berger — AR Attorney General's Office, Respondent