No. 20-1728

Rico Sanders v. Dylon Radtke, Warden

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-06-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-procedure eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing juvenile-status life-sentence mitigating-factor parole sentencing sentencing-guidelines
Key Terms:
Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether this Court's Eighth Amendment precedent clearly establishes that a sentencing court must consider a defendant's juvenile status as a mitigating factor before imposing a life sentence with a remote possibility of parole

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether this Court’s Eighth Amendment precedent clearly establishes that a sentencing court must consider a defendant’s juvenile status as a mitigating factor before imposing a life sentence with a remote possibility of parole.

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-09
Waiver of right of respondent Dylon Radtke, Warden to respond filed.
2021-06-17
Letter pursuant to Rule 35.3 received.
2021-06-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 14, 2021)

Attorneys

Dylon Radtke, Warden
Sarah Lynn BurgundyWisconsin Department of Justice, Respondent
Rico Sanders
Elizabeth Graber BentleyJones Day, Petitioner