No. 23-7028

Hunter Thomas Boesch v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2024-03-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: brain-development cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment emerging-adults late-adolescent-brain-development mandatory-life-without-parole miller-v-alabama sentencing-protections youth
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2024-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the sentencing protections afforded in Miller v Alabama should be applied to defendants who are emerging adults 18 to 20 years old

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the sentencing protections afforded in Miller v Alabama, 567 US 460 (2012) should be applied to defendants who are emerging adults18 to 20 years oldat the time they commit a crime and who are convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to mandatory life without parole? i

Docket Entries

2024-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-03-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
2024-03-21
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2024-03-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 18, 2024)

Attorneys

Florida
Celia A. Terenzio — Respondent
Hunter Boesch
Mara Catherine HerbertOffice of the Public Defender Fifteenth Circuit, Petitioner