No. 23-5167
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: accessorial-liability accessorial-participation criminal-culpability criminal-record cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders life-sentence life-without-parole mandatory-sentencing sentencing-proportionality
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference:
2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does a mandatory life sentence without parole for an individual who was twenty at the time of the offense, who was without a criminal record, who had been found guilty of accessorial participation in a murder, violate the Eighth Amendment?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Question Presented Does a mandatory life sentence without parole for an individual who was twenty at the time of the offense, who was without a criminal record, who had been found guilty of accessorial participation in a murder, violate the Eighth Amendment?
Docket Entries
2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2023-07-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 21, 2023)
Attorneys
Jose Suarez
Jeremiah Donovan — Attorney at Law, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent