constitutional-sentencing
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6804 | Robin O'Neill v. Jon Murad, Interim Commissioner, Vermont Department of Corrections | Second Circuit | 2026-02-13 | Pending | IFP | certificate-of-appealability constitutional-sentencing due-process habeas-corpus mandatory-life-sentence proportionality-review | 1. Does the mandatory life sentence of Vermont's aggravated murder statute, 13 V.S.A. 2311 (a)(3)(c), violate proportionality principles and due proce… |
| 24-6387 | Raymond Bradley v. Florida | Florida | 2025-01-24 | Denied | IFP | constitutional-sentencing criminal-procedure juvenile-sentencing mandatory-minimum proportionality-principle youth-consideration | Whether the mandatory penalty scheme at issue here is flawed where it prevents the sentencer from taking account of the central considerations of Grah… |
| 22-7481 | Anthony Allen v. Illinois | Illinois | 2023-05-08 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-counsel appellate-representation cause-and-prejudice constitutional-challenge constitutional-sentencing ineffective-assistance smith-vs-bailey substantive-law successive-petition | I. Whether appointed Appellate Counsel's missapprehended the .law and facts by failure to brief and raise the following issues on appeal constitutes … |
| 18-8753 | Carl Devon Powell v. California | California | 2019-04-10 | Denied | IFP | aggravating-circumstances constitutional-sentencing death-penalty due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-fact-finding mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment | Does California's death penalty scheme, which permits the trier of fact to impose a sentence of death without finding beyond a reasonable doubt (1) th… |