No. 21-5391

Jermontae Moss v. Georgia

Lower Court: Georgia
Docketed: 2021-08-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 8th-amendment criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment family-violence felony-murder juvenile-justice juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama mitigating-factors sentencing sentencing-discretion
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does a court violate Miller when it refuses to consider childhood trauma as mitigating when sentencing a child to life without parole?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a court violate Miller when it refuses to consider childhood trauma as mitigating when sentencing a child to life without parole?

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-25
Waiver of right of respondent Georgia to respond filed.
Main Document
2021-08-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 16, 2021)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionAppendix

Attorneys

Georgia
Ross Warren Bergethon — Georgia Department of Law, Respondent
Jermontae Moss
Mark Aaron Loudon-Brown — The Southern Center for Human Rights, Petitioner