No. 22-6431

Philip Johnson v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2022-12-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights eighth-amendment guilty-plea juvenile-justice juvenile-sentencing miller-factors miller-v-alabama plea-bargaining proportionate-penalties sentencing sentencing-discretion
Latest Conference: 2023-05-25 (distributed 2 times)
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

2023-05-30
Petition DENIED.
2023-05-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/25/2023.
2023-05-09
Reply of petitioner Philip Johnson filed. (Distributed)
2023-04-24
Brief of respondent Illinois in opposition filed.
2023-03-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 24, 2023.
2023-03-10
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 20, 2023 to April 24, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-02-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 20, 2023.
2023-02-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 16, 2023 to March 20, 2023, submitted to The Clerk.
2023-01-17
Response Requested. (Due February 16, 2023)
2023-01-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
2023-01-05
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2022-12-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 30, 2023)

Attorneys

Illinois
Jane Elinor NotzOffice of the Attorney General, State of Illinois, Respondent
Katherine Marie DoerschOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent
Philip Johnson
Santiago Alonso DurangoOffice of the State Appellate Defender, Petitioner