de-facto-life-sentence

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-6134 Eugene Riley III v. Illinois Illinois 2022-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment constitutional-violation criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment de-facto-life-sentence due-process juvenile-justice juvenile-offenders miller-v-alabama mitigating-factors sentencing-guidelines Did the State Court violate the U.S. Constitution when it imposed a 32 year sentence when it disregarded the mitigating factors laid out in Miller v. …
20-5981 Javier Garza v. Illinois Illinois 2020-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-characteristics constitutional-provisions court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure de-facto-life-sentence eighth-amendment judicial-review juvenile-sentencing legal-interpretation miller-v-louisiana statutory-provisions youth-characteristics Whether mandatory life sentences, natural or de facto, for juveniles are unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment regardless of whether the trial c…
19-8448 Lamont Dantzler v. Illinois Illinois 2020-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-justice criminal-law de-facto-life-sentence due-process juvenile-justice proportionality proportionate-penalties sentencing Whether an 18-year-old defendant's de facto life sentence violates the Illinois proportionate penalties clause
19-8057 Aaron Moran Brown v. Indiana Indiana 2020-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment de-facto-life-sentence eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing miller-rule miller-v-alabama montgomery-precedent montgomery-v-louisiana parole parole-system Does the substantive rule of Miller v. Alabama apply to de facto life sentences for juveniles?
18-8041 Mark Johnson v. United States District of Columbia 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP adolescent-culpability age-as-factor age-of-culpability brain-development criminal-procedure de-facto-life-sentence due-process eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama montgomery-v-louisiana roper-v-simmons Whether the Court's rulings regarding when age is a factor in determining culpability apply to those under the age of 25, or is the age lower, but not…
18-6119 Gary Long, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-sentencing de-facto-life-sentence due-process eighth-amendment federal-court-split federal-courts life-sentence sentencing-analysis sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent term-of-years Whether the district and appellate court failed to conduct the proper analysis of imposing a de facto life sentence on the petitioner?
18-6000 Angel Barreiro v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2018-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights de-facto-life-sentence due-process equal-protection florida-supreme-court life-sentence parole parole-eligibility parole-process sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-scheme Whether all 4,626 pre-1994 parole eligible Inmates in the State of Florida should also benefit from the Florida Supreme Court's ruling in Atwell v. St…