No. 19-91

Michele Buckner, Warden v. Robert W. Allen

Lower Court: Missouri
Docketed: 2019-07-18
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Experienced Counsel
Tags: consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment habeas-corpus habeas-relief juvenile-offender juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole parole-eligibility
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Under the Eighth Amendment, may a State sentence a juvenile offender convicted of multiple crimes to multiple consecutive terms of years in prison under which the offender has aggregate parole eligibility after serving 53 years, including a mandatory term of imprisonment without parole for 50 years?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a State may sentence a juvenile offender convicted of multiple crimes to multiple consecutive terms of years in prison under which the offender has aggregate parole eligibility after serving 53 years, including a mandatory term of imprisonment without parole for 50 years, under the Eighth Amendment

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-19
Reply of petitioner Michele Buckner filed.
2019-08-02
Brief of respondent Robert W. Allen in opposition filed.
2019-07-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 19, 2019)
2019-05-29
Application (18A1227) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until July 3, 2019.
2019-05-24
Application (18A1227) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 3, 2019 to July 3, 2019, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Michele Buckner
D. John SauerOffice of the Attorney General, Petitioner
Robert W. Allen
Stuart BannerUCLA School of Law Supreme Court Clinic, Respondent