No. 20-7561
Tags: criminal-responsibility cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment intent-to-commit-murder juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment second-degree-murder
Latest Conference:
2021-04-30
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on a nineteen-year-old defendant convicted as a principal to second-degree murder – and who, as specifically acknowledged by the trial court, had no intent to commit murder and who was held criminally responsible solely because she agreed to loan her car to others who planned to commit a robbery – violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on a nineteen-year-old defendant convicted as a principal to second-degree murder violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment of the Eighth Amendment
Docket Entries
2021-05-03
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
2021-04-13
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2021-03-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 26, 2021)
Attorneys
Melissa Pocopanni
Michael Robert Ufferman — Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Petitioner
State of Florida