No. 24A595

Wayne Sellers, IV v. Colorado

Lower Court: Colorado
Docketed: 2024-12-17
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-culpability eighth-amendment felony-murder life-without-parole proportionality youth-sentencing
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits a mandatory life sentence without parole for a felony murder defendant who did not kill or intend to kill and was a young offender at the time of the crime

Docket Entries

2025-01-24
Application (24A595) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until February 27, 2025.
2025-01-16
Application of Wayne Sellers IV for a further extension of time submitted.
2025-01-16
Application (24A595) to extend further the time from January 29, 2025 to February 27, 2025, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
2024-12-27
Application (24A595) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until January 29, 2025.
2024-12-12
Application (24A595) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 29, 2024 to January 29, 2025, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Wayne Sellers IV
Charles RothfeldMayer Brown LLP, Petitioner
Charles RothfeldMayer Brown LLP, Petitioner