No. 22-5405
IFP
Tags: 8th-amendment aggregate-sentence constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment proportionality-analysis proportionality-review sentencing sentencing-review
Key Terms:
Punishment
Punishment
Latest Conference:
2022-10-14
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the Eighth Amendment require a sentencing court to consider a defendant's overall/aggregate sentence when conducting a proportionality review?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1) Does the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits the imposition of cruel and unusual punishment require that _a sentencing court, wheri conducting a proportionality review, consider the defendant's overall/aggregate sentence? i.
Docket Entries
2022-10-17
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/14/2022.
2022-08-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 19, 2022)