No. 23-6512
Douglas Wayne Sokell v. David Pedro, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution
IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-review life-sentence prisoner-detention recidivism sentencing three-strikes-law
Key Terms:
Punishment
Punishment
Latest Conference:
2024-03-22
Question Presented (from Petition)
Question not identified.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Was it constitutional to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole or release, using recidivism (3 strikes) as a main fact, where one of the offenses was inchoate and all 3 crimes were non-violent?
Docket Entries
2024-03-25
Petition DENIED.
2024-03-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2024.
2023-11-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 20, 2024)
Attorneys
Douglas Wayne Sokell
Douglas Wayne Sokell — Petitioner