No. 18-7169
Steve L. Wright, Jr. v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 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
Latest Conference:
2019-02-15
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether, in imposing sentence for an ongoing offense, courts must consider juvenile conduct as a mitigating sentencing factor?
Whether, in imposing sentence for a juvenile, a term-of-years sentence that deprives the juvenile of any meaningful opportunity for release, would violate the Eighth Amendment?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether courts must consider juvenile conduct as a mitigating sentencing factor for an ongoing offense
Docket Entries
2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-11-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 25, 2019)
Attorneys
Steve L. Wright
Steve L. Wright Jr. — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent