No. 20-7520

Shante Bruce Rice v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2021-03-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: age-of-defendant constitutional-law criminal-justice criminal-sentencing equal-protection equal-protection-clause life-without-parole mandatory-sentencing sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-05-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Pennsylvania Superior Court's decision that the ban on mandatory sentences of life without parole applies to only those defendants who were under the age of 18 at the time of their crimes was contrary to the United States Supreme Court's decisions in Miller v. Alabama and Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED | I WHETHER THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPERIOR COURT'S DECISION THAT THE BAN ON MANDATORY SENTENCES OF LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE APPLIES TO ONLY THOSE DEFENDANTS WHO WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 AT THE TIME OF THEIR CRIMES WAS CONTRARY TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT'S DECISIONS IN Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012) AND Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44 (1996)? Il. WHETHER THE SENTENCE OF LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE IMPOSED IN THIS CASE CONSTITUTES A VIOLATION OF THE EQUAL PROTECTION | CLAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES’ CONSTITUTION? |

Docket Entries

2021-05-24
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021.
2021-02-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 21, 2021)

Attorneys

Shante Bruce Rice
Shante Bruce Rice — Petitioner