No. 19-5191

Kenneth Byron Davenport v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2019-07-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: age-determination criminal-procedure individualized-sentencing juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing mental-disability mental-health mental-health-and-mental-retardation-act mental-illness miller-v-alabama post-conviction-relief post-conviction-relief-act schizophrenia
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the legal "right" recognized in Miller v. Alabama, 132 S.Ct. 2455 (2012), include all substantive components necessary to its creation, including "the well-established rationale" upon which the Court based its decision?

Does Miller v. Alabama require individualized sentencing for a severely mentally disabled marginally older teenager who, at the time of his offense, was considered a juvenile under state law?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the legal 'right' recognized in Miller v. Alabama include all substantive components necessary to its creation, including the well-established rationale upon which the Court based its decision?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-14
Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2019-05-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 14, 2019)
2019-05-02
Application (18A948) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 25, 2019.
2019-04-25
Application (18A948) to extend further the time from May 10, 2019 to May 25, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.
2019-03-21
Application (18A948) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 10, 2019.
2019-03-13
Application (18A948) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 26, 2019 to May 10, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Robert M. FalinDistrict Attorney's Office, Respondent
Kenneth B. Davenport
Kenneth B. Davenport — Petitioner