constitutional-sentencing

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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…