No. 20-7516
Josue Portillo v. United States
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment incorrigibility juvenile-justice juvenile-offenders miller-rule miller-v-alabama proportionality sentencing
Key Terms:
Punishment
Punishment
Latest Conference:
2021-04-16
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Absent proof of incorrigibility, can a district court sentence a defendant to fifty-five years imprisonment without parole for participating in a execution style gangland murder under this Court's holding in Miller v. Alabama., 567 U.S. 460 (2012)?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether, absent proof of incorrigibility, a district court can sentence a defendant to fifty-five years imprisonment without parole for participating in an 'execution style gangland murder' under this Court's holding in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012)
Docket Entries
2021-04-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-03-22
Motion (20M64) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record Granted.
2021-03-03
MOTION (20M64) DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-01-13
Motion (20M64) for leave to file a petition for a writ of certiorari under seal with redacted copies for the public record filed.
2021-01-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 21, 2021)
Attorneys
Josue Portillo
Joseph W. Ryan Jr. — Melville Law Center, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent