miller-rule

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-5354 Ricardo L. Noble v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2022-08-18 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence juvenile-justice juvenile-sentencing miller-rule rehabilitation sentencing sentencing-discretion Whether the juvenile life-without-parole sentence is unconstitutional, whether the court abused discretion in sentencing, whether the court relied on …
21-6257 Jevon Dion Jackson v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2021-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge eddings-v-oklahoma eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-rule miller-v-alabama proportionality proportionality-review youth-mitigation Whether a sentencing court adequately considers the mitigating aspects of youth
20-7851 Luis Noel Cruz, aka Noel v. United States Second Circuit 2021-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment contemporary-standards-of-decency criminal-procedure due-process individualized-sentencing juvenile-sentencing legislative-trends life-sentence mandatory-minimum miller-rule sentencing-discretion Should the protections of Miller v. Alabama be extended to 18-year-olds?
20-7516 Josue Portillo v. United States Second Circuit 2021-03-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment incorrigibility juvenile-justice juvenile-offenders miller-rule miller-v-alabama proportionality sentencing Whether, absent proof of incorrigibility, a district court can sentence a defendant to fifty-five years imprisonment without parole for participating …
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?
19-7751 Christopher Michael Thrasher v. Alabama Alabama 2020-02-24 Denied IFP eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-rule miller-v-alabama montgomery-precedent montgomery-v-louisiana procedural-hearing Whether the Eighth Amendment requires a factual finding as to which class a juvenile homicide offender belongs before sentencing the juvenile to life …
19-7437 Tony Sparks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process fifth-circuit juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-rule miller-v-alabama montgomery-retroactivity montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity sentencing Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in concluding that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Miller v. Alabama does not extend to sentences imposed upon ju…