No. 22-1063
Response Waived
Tags: 8th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure eighth-amendment graham-v-florida juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama sentencing-guidelines term-of-years-sentences
Latest Conference:
2023-06-22
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether this Court should extend Graham and Miller to term-of-years prison sentences that permit a juvenile offender's release after a lengthy period of incarceration.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits term-of-years sentences that effectively deny juvenile offenders a meaningful opportunity for release
Docket Entries
2023-06-26
Petition DENIED.
2023-06-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/22/2023.
2023-05-31
Waiver of right of respondent Tyshon Booker to respond filed.
2023-04-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 1, 2023)
Attorneys
State of Tennessee
Zachary Thomas Hinkle — Tennessee Attorney General & Reporter, Petitioner
Tyshon Booker