No. 19-7626

Lonnie Rarden v. Ohio

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2020-02-12
Status: Dismissed
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: cruel-and-unusual-punishment disproportionate-sentences due-process eighth-amendment non-violent-offense non-violent-offenses proportionality-review sentencing sentencing-disparity
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is sentencing a defendant to a de facto life sentence for non-violent offenses fall within a violation of the eight amendment right of cruel and unusual punishment.

Does sentencing a defendant under the wrong case number amount to a violation of due process.

Is giving a defendant a sentence of two and a half times harsher than other defendants who committed the same crimes in the same jurisdiction amount to grossly disproportionate sentences. A violation of the Eighth Amendment.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is sentencing a defendant to a de facto life sentence for non-violent offenses a violation of the Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment?

Docket Entries

2020-04-21
Petition Dismissed - Rule 46.
2020-03-03
Motion of petitioner to dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari under Rule 46.2 received.
2020-01-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 13, 2020)

Attorneys

Lonnie Rarden
Lonnie Rarden — Petitioner