No. 23-6512

Douglas Wayne Sokell v. David Pedro, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-01-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-review life-sentence prisoner-detention recidivism sentencing three-strikes-law
Latest Conference: 2024-03-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was it constitutional to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole or release, using recidivism (3 strikes) as a main fact, where one of the offenses was inchoate and all 3 crimes were non-violent?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED LWas it constitutional te be sentence to life in prison without | the possibility of perole or release , using recidivism (3 stikes) asa main fact, where one of the offenses was incheate and all 3 crimes were nonVieleat? Oo 2.Does this serfence, az described here, quality as crus) and “nese eit ander the Eighth Amandaedt te the Unzted States Construction, for non an inchoate offense 2 3. Wes it constititione| Ta be sartenced Te life in prison , a very onerses punishment rwhich vielefes the Sth Amendment ar | cruel and unuseal punishment, Where the petitioners claim as such, was never reviewed by ang court duets ste appeal course AOL to properly exhaust thet claim? 4. Was the crime commited senious enoigh fo warrant a sentence that harsh 7 |

Docket Entries

2024-03-25
Petition DENIED.
2024-03-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
2023-11-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 20, 2024)

Attorneys

Douglas Wayne Sokell
Douglas Wayne Sokell — Petitioner
Douglas Wayne Sokell — Petitioner