No. 18-1572
Matthew D. Priset v. Pennsylvania
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: 8th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment life-sentence mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence mental-illness sentencing
Latest Conference:
2019-12-06
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Does a mandatory minimum Life Sentence for one who is convicted under The Guilty-But-Mentally-Ill designation constitute cruel and unusual punishment?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does a mandatory minimum life sentence for one convicted under the guilty-but-mentally-ill designation constitute cruel and unusual punishment?
Docket Entries
2019-12-09
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-22
Reply of petitioner Matthew D. Priset received November 22, 2019. (To be reprinted)
2019-11-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-10-24
Brief of respondent Pennsylvania in opposition filed.
2019-09-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 25, 2019.
2019-09-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 25, 2019 to October 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-08-26
Response Requested. (Due September 25, 2019)
2019-07-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-25
Waiver of right of respondent Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2019-04-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 25, 2019)
Attorneys
Matthew D. Priset
Matthew D. Priset — Petitioner
Pennsylvania
Ronald Eisenberg — Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office, Respondent