No. 24-391

Felipe Petrone-Cabanas v. Arizona

Lower Court: Arizona
Docketed: 2024-10-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-procedure jones-v-mississippi juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama sentencing-discretion
Latest Conference: 2025-01-24 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether juveniles may be sentenced to life without parole under a system that did not afford the sentencing court discretion to choose any lesser option, even where the sentencer did not impose the harshest option and even where the sentencer did not mistakenly believe parole was available.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether juveniles may be sentenced to life without parole under a system that did not afford the sentencing court discretion to choose any lesser option, even where the sentencer did not impose the harshest option and even where the sentencer did not mistakenly believe parole was available

Docket Entries

2025-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2025-01-08
2025-01-08
Reply of petitioners Felipe Petrone-Cabanas, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-01-08
Reply of Felipe Petrone-Cabanas, et al. submitted.
2025-01-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2025.
2025-01-03
2025-01-03
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
2025-01-03
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period of Felipe Petrone-Cabanas, et al. submitted.
2025-01-03
Waiver of Felipe Petrone-Cabanas, et al. of the 14-day waiting period submitted.
2025-01-03
Brief of Arizona in opposition submitted.
2024-12-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including January 3, 2025.
2024-12-03
Response to motion to extend the time to file a response from petitioners filed.
2024-12-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 12, 2024 to February 10, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-11-12
Response Requested. (Due December 12, 2024)
2024-11-07
Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed.
2024-11-07
Brief amici curiae of 15 Constitutional and Criminal Law Professors filed.
2024-11-07
Amicus brief of Constitutional and Criminal Law Professors submitted.
2024-11-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2024.
2024-11-01
Waiver of right of respondent Arizona to respond filed.
2024-10-04
2024-07-24
Application (24A76) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until October 4, 2024.
2024-07-19
Application (24A76) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 5, 2024 to October 4, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Arizona
Alexander Westbrook SamuelsArizona Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Constitutional and Criminal Law Professors
Adam William Hansen — Amicus
Felipe Petrone-Cabanas, et al.
Neal Kumar KatyalHogan Lovells US LLP, Petitioner
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al.
Keith James HilzendegerFederal Public Defender, District of Arizona, Amicus