No. 22-5405
IFP
Tags: 8th-amendment aggregate-sentence constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment proportionality-analysis proportionality-review sentencing sentencing-review
Key Terms:
Punishment
Punishment
Latest Conference:
2022-10-14
Question Presented (from Petition)
1) Does the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits
the imposition of cruel and unusual punishment require that a sentencing
court, when conducting a proportionality review, consider the defendant s
overall/aggregate sentence?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the Eighth Amendment require a sentencing court to consider a defendant's overall/aggregate sentence when conducting a proportionality review?
Docket Entries
2022-10-17
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/14/2022.
2022-08-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 19, 2022)
Attorneys
Perry Sawano
Perry Sawano — Petitioner