No. 22-5584
IFP
Tags: 8th-amendment age-discrimination due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences roper-v-simmons
Latest Conference:
2022-11-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
1.) DO THE DECISIONS OF THIS COURT IN ROPER V. SIMMONS AND MILLER V. ALABAMA ESTABLISH A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT FOR OFFENDERS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE AS IT RELATES TO DETERMINING THE APPROPRIATE STANDARD OF REVIEW FOR AN EQUAL PROTECTION CHALLENGE?
2.) IS PENNSYLVANIA SENTENCING STATUTE ILLEGAL WHERE IT IMPOSES MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES BASED SOLELY UPON A PERSONS AGE?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Do the decisions of this Court in Roper v. Simmons and Miller v. Alabama establish a fundamental right for offenders under 18 years of age as it relates to determining the appropriate standard of review for an equal protection challenge?
Docket Entries
2022-11-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.
2022-09-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 17, 2022)
Attorneys
Emru Kebede
Emru Kebede — Petitioner