No. 23-5547
Tags: constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment sentencing
Latest Conference:
2023-10-06
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on a defendant who was under the age of twenty-five at the time of the offense violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on a defendant who was under the age of twenty-five at the time of the offense violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution
Docket Entries
2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-09-15
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2023-08-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 10, 2023)
2023-06-13
Application (22A1075) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until August 10, 2023.
2023-06-08
Application (22A1075) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 11, 2023 to August 10, 2023, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
State of Florida
Timothy James Hahn
Michael Robert Ufferman — Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Petitioner