No. 22-6134
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 8th-amendment constitutional-violation criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment de-facto-life-sentence due-process juvenile-justice juvenile-offenders miller-v-alabama mitigating-factors sentencing-guidelines
Latest Conference:
2023-01-06
Question Presented (from Petition)
Did the State Court violate the U.S. Constitution when it imposed a 32 year sentence when it disregarded the mitigating factors laid out in Miller v. Alabama?
Is the 32 year sentence imposed on the Petitioner, who was 18 years old at the time the crime occurred, a de-facto life sentence, where he cannot receive any good time or opportunity for parole?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the State Court violate the U.S. Constitution when it imposed a 32 year sentence when it disregarded the mitigating factors laid out in Miller v. Alabama?
Docket Entries
2023-01-09
Petition DENIED.
2022-12-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-12-14
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2022-11-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 22, 2022)
Attorneys
Eugene Riley
Eugene Riley III — Petitioner
Illinois