No. 18-5764

Richard Joseph Crane v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-08-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus life-sentence parole parole-consideration sentencing supreme-court-precedent
Latest Conference: 2018-10-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Supreme Court intended for the opinion of California Department of Corrections v. Morales (1995) 514 U.S. 499; and Garner v. Jones (U.S.Ga. 2000) 529 U.S. 244, applying to individual convicted of a crime authorizing a maximum of a life sentence to be subject to a denial of parole consideration of as long as fifteen years.

Did the Supreme Court intend that these multi year denials of parole consideration were intended to limit multiple murders or individuals convicted of horrendous homicides from being granted early parole. Or? Where these opinions intended to apply to all offenders subjected to a life term with possibility of parole?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Supreme Court intended for the opinion of California Department of Corrections v. Morales (1995) and Garner v. Jones (2000) to apply to individuals convicted of a crime authorizing a maximum of a life sentence to be subject to a denial of parole consideration of as long as fifteen years

Docket Entries

2018-10-29
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-05-31
Application (17A1327) denied by Justice Kennedy.
2018-05-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 24, 2018)
2018-05-18
Application (17A1327) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 27, 2018 to June 26, 2018, submitted to Justice Kennedy.

Attorneys

Richard Joseph Crane
Richard Joseph Crane — Petitioner