No. 20-6085
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment first-time-offender mandatory-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines sexual-abuse
Key Terms:
Punishment
Punishment
Latest Conference:
2020-12-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a mandatory sentence of 45 years to life, imposed on a 56-year-old first-time offender in a sexual abuse case involving no violence, no force, no threats, no penetration and no physical injury, violates the Eight Amendment's ban against cruel and unusual punishment
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a mandatory sentence of 45 years to life, imposed on a 56-year-old first-time offender in a sexual abuse case involving no violence, no force, no threats, no penetration and no physical injury, violates the Eight Amendment’s ban against cruel and unusual punishment. -i
Docket Entries
2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-11-03
Waiver of right of respondent California to respond filed.
2020-10-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 19, 2020)
Attorneys
California
John H. Deist — California Department of Justice, Respondent
Celso Yanez
Alexis Ivar Nicholas Haller — Law Office of Alexis Haller, Petitioner