| 18-7169 |
Steve L. Wright, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-12-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole meaningful-opportunity-for-release ongoing-offense retroactivity sentencing-mitigation term-of-years term-of-years-sentence |
Whether courts must consider juvenile conduct as a mitigating sentencing factor for an ongoing offense |
| 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? |
| 18-81 |
Carltez Taylor v. Indiana |
Indiana |
2018-07-19 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-proportionality cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-expectancy life-without-parole miller-v-alabama sentencing-discretion term-of-years |
Whether it is cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a juvenile to a term exceeding their life expectancy for a single offense |