No. 24-6757
Tags: constitutional-rights criminal-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole
Latest Conference:
2025-04-17
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether a sentence of mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on a teenager violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a sentence of mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on a teenager violates the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution
Docket Entries
2025-04-21
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
2025-03-14
Waiver of State of Florida of right to respond submitted.
2025-03-14
Waiver of right of respondent State of Florida to respond filed.
2025-03-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 11, 2025)
2025-01-16
Application (24A700) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 5, 2025.
2025-01-14
Application (24A700) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 3, 2025 to March 5, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
Caed Brawner
Michael Robert Ufferman — Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Petitioner
State of Florida
Trisha Meggs Pate — Office of the Attorney General , Respondent