No. 21-7676

Robert Christopher Jones v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2022-04-21
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-justice eighth-amendment juvenile-justice mandatory-sentencing miller-factors miller-v-alabama plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-challenge
Latest Conference: 2022-05-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Whether a pre- Miller guilty plea bars a post- Miller sentencing challenge
under the Eighth Amendment.

(2) Whether the sentencing process mandated by Miller and Jones is satisfied
where the judge accepts a negotiated plea agreement but fails to consider the
attendant circumstances of youth.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a pre-Miller guilty plea bars a post-Miller sentencing challenge under the Eighth Amendment

Docket Entries

2022-05-16
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/12/2022.
2022-04-22
Waiver of right of respondent People State of Illinois to respond filed.
2022-04-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 23, 2022)

Attorneys

People State of Illinois
Katherine Marie DoerschOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent
Robert Jones
Thomas Anthony KaralisOffice of the State Appellate Defender of Illinois, Petitioner