No. 24A1175

Kevin Salvador Golphin v. North Carolina

Lower Court: North Carolina
Docketed: 2025-06-02
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: cruel-and-unusual eighth-amendment juvenile-offender life-without-parole miller-v-alabama rehabilitation
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits sentencing a juvenile offender to life without parole based solely on the nature of the crime without meaningfully considering the offender's capacity for rehabilitation and mitigating factors of youth

Docket Entries

2025-06-11
Application (24A1175) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 16, 2025.
2025-05-29
Application (24A1175) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 17, 2025 to August 16, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Kevin Salvador Golphin
Eamon Paul Joyce — Petitioner