No. 20-1315

Louisiana v. Aaron G. Hauser

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2021-03-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: irreparable-corruption juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama montgomery-miller-standard montgomery-v-louisiana rehabilitation rehabilitation-evidence sentencing-discretion
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Punishment
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a sentencing court run afoul of Montgomery and Miller by weighing the heinous facts of a juvenile's violent crime more heavily than any subsequent evidence of rehabilitation in prison when determining whether the juvenile's 'crimes reflect irreparable corruption'?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED A juvenile may be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole if the juvenile’s “crimes reflect irreparable corruption.” Montgomery v. Louisiana, 136 S. Ct. 718, 726 (2016); Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 479 (2012). Respondent Aaron Hauser committed a premeditated, double homicide when he was 17 years old. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole, and he has served more than 35 years of that sentence. After an evidentiary hearing to consider whether to reform Hauser’s sentence and grant him the possibility of parole, the state trial court concluded that, based on the nature of Hauser’s crime, he was “one [of] the worst offenders” in one of “the worst cases.” It ordered Hauser to continue serving his life sentence without the possibility of parole. The state appellate court reversed. Relying heavily on Hauser’s clean 35-year prison record, the appellate court concluded that, in light of Montgomery and Miller, the trial court erred by denying Hauser parole eligibility. w*E* Does a sentencing court run afoul of Montgomery and Miller by weighing the heinous facts of a juvenile’s violent crime more heavily than any subsequent evidence of rehabilitation in prison when determining whether the juvenile’s “crimes reflect irreparable corruption”? ii

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-21
Reply of petitioner State of Louisiana filed. (Distributed)
2021-07-07
Brief of respondent Aaron Hauser in opposition filed.
2021-05-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including July 7, 2021.
2021-05-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 7, 2021 to July 7, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-04-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 7, 2021.
2021-04-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 7, 2021 to June 7, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-04-07
Response Requested. (Due May 7, 2021)
2021-03-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-25
Waiver of right of respondent Aaron Hauser to respond filed.
2021-03-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 22, 2021)

Attorneys

Aaron Hauser
Jill Kathryn PasquarellaLouisiana Center for Children's Rights, Respondent
Jill Kathryn PasquarellaLouisiana Center for Children's Rights, Respondent
State of Louisiana
Elizabeth Baker MurrillOffice of the Attorney General, Petitioner
Elizabeth Baker MurrillOffice of the Attorney General, Petitioner