No. 23-5167

Jose Suarez v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2023-07-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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
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 DonovanAttorney at Law, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent