No. 20-7561

Melissa Pocopanni v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2021-03-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-responsibility cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment intent-to-commit-murder juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment second-degree-murder
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2021-04-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on a nineteen-year-old defendant convicted as a principal to second-degree murder violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment of the Eighth Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on a nineteen-year-old defendant convicted as a principal to second-degree murder — and who, as specifically acknowledged by the trial court, had no intent to commit murder and who was held criminally responsible solely because she agreed to loan her car to others who planned to commit a robbery — violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. il B. PARTIES INVOLVED The parties involved are identified in the style of the case. iii

Docket Entries

2021-05-03
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
2021-04-13
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2021-03-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 26, 2021)

Attorneys

Melissa Pocopanni
Michael Robert UffermanMichael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Petitioner
State of Florida
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General Criminal Appeals Division Tallahassee, Respondent