state-supreme-courts
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19-5970 | Murad Razzaq v. Kansas | Kansas | 2019-09-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-evidence criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process due-process-clause evidence evidentiary-rules prior-bad-acts prior-crimes propensity-evidence state-prosecution state-supreme-courts unrelated-crimes | Does a state violate a defendant's due process rights by admitting evidence of a prior, unrelated crime to show his propensity to commit another crime… |
| 18-203 | Joey Montrell Chandler, aka Joey M. Chandler, aka Joey Chandler v. Mississippi | Mississippi | 2018-08-15 | Denied | Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | 8th-amendment criminal-procedure eighth-amendment incorrigible juvenile-offender juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole permanent-incorrigibility rehabilitation sentencing sentencing-discretion state-supreme-courts | Whether the Eighth Amendment requires the sentencing authority to make a finding that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible before imposing a sentenc… |