solem-v-helm
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-7141 | Donald McDonald v. Illinois | Illinois | 2023-03-29 | Dismissed | Response WaivedIFP | 14th-amendment 8th-amendment eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habitual-criminal-act life-sentence non-violent-felony proportionate-penalties proportionate-penalties-clause sentencing solem-v-helm | Whether the decision of the First District Appellate court of Illinois denying Petitioner's proportionate penalty clause claim conflicts with the deci… |
| 21-7052 | Lewis Taylor, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. | Eleventh Circuit | 2022-02-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | eighth-amendment graham-v-florida juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing meaningful-opportunity parole parole-eligibility rehabilitation-consideration sentencing solem-v-helm | Whether a 129-year sentence for a non-homicide offense committed as a juvenile violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punish… |
| 20-6206 | Travis Johnson v. Illinois | Illinois | 2020-11-03 | Denied | IFP | appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment proportionality proportionate-penalties sentencing solem-v-helm state-courts supreme-court-precedent | Whether Illinois Appellant Courts must be required to follow the United States Supreme Court's opinion in Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277 (1983), when ana… |
| 18-1585 | Kassim M. Nagi v. Louisiana | Louisiana | 2019-06-27 | GVR | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) | 8th-amendment controlled-substances cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment first-time-offender lockyer-v-andrade money-laundering proportionality proportionality-test racketeering sentencing solem-v-helm | Whether a 90-year consecutive sentence for a 33-year-old first-time offender violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishme… |