No. 24-6757

Caed Brawner v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2025-03-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2025-04-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a sentence of mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on a teenager violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : A. QUESTION PR ESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether a sentence of mandatory l ife impri sonment wi thout the possi bility of parol e on a teenager vi olates the prohi bition of cruel and unusual puni shment of the Eighth Amendment to the Consti tution. ii B. PAR TIES INVOLVED The parti es involved are i denti fied in the styl e of the case. iii

Docket Entries

2025-04-21
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
2025-03-14
Waiver of State of Florida of right to respond submitted.
2025-03-14
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2025-03-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 11, 2025)
2025-01-16
Application (24A700) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 5, 2025.
2025-01-14
Application (24A700) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 3, 2025 to March 5, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Caed Brawner
Michael Robert UffermanMichael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Petitioner
State of Florida
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General , Respondent