jones-v-mississippi

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24-6939 Scott Lee DeShaw, et al. v. Arizona Arizona 2025-04-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP criminal-procedure jones-v-mississippi juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama parole-discretion States may not "make life without parole the mandatory (or mandatory minimum) punishment" for juveniles. Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 482 n.9 (201…
24-391 Felipe Petrone-Cabanas v. Arizona Arizona 2024-10-08 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-procedure jones-v-mississippi juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama sentencing-discretion Whether juveniles may be sentenced to life without parole under a system that did not afford the sentencing court discretion to choose any lesser opti…
21-7435 Ronell Williams v. Kansas Kansas 2022-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment constitutional-interpretation discretionary-sentencing jones-v-mississippi juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama sentencing-discretion youth-characteristics Does this Court's decision in Jones v. Mississippi, 593 U. S. ___, ___, 141 S. Ct. 1307, 1320, 209 L. Ed. 2d 390 (2021) mandate that states must stric…
20-7410 Edward McCain v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP case-remand certiorari concurrent-sentences criminal-procedure eighth-amendment fourth-circuit-judgment jones-v-mississippi judicial-review juvenile-offenders plain-error sentencing supreme-court-procedure I. Whether an invalid conviction affects a criminal defendant's substantial rights and must be vacated on plain error review, irrespective of whether …