No. 18-81

Carltez Taylor v. Indiana

Lower Court: Indiana
Docketed: 2018-07-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: constitutional-proportionality cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-expectancy life-without-parole miller-v-alabama sentencing-discretion term-of-years
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2018-11-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether it is cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a juvenile to a term exceeding their life expectancy for a single offense even when the sentencing court holds that neither the character of the defendant nor the nature of the offense can sustain a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether it is cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a juvenile to a term exceeding their life expectancy for a single offense

Docket Entries

2018-12-03
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
2018-11-02
Reply of petitioner Carltez Taylor filed.
2018-10-19
Brief of respondent State of Indiana in opposition filed.
2018-08-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 19, 2018.
2018-08-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 20, 2018 to October 19, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-07-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 20, 2018)
2018-05-09
Application (17A1233) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until July 15, 2018.
2018-05-04
Application (17A1233) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 16, 2018 to July 15, 2018, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Carltez Taylor
Matthew Jon McGovernMcGovern Law Office, Petitioner
State of Indiana
Thomas M. Fisher — Respondent
Stephen Richard Creason — Respondent