life-imprisonment

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25A580 Tony Phillips v. United States Third Circuit 2025-11-17 Application appellate-review criminal-trial due-process judicial-discretion life-imprisonment sentencing Question not identified.
25A121 James Taric Byrd v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-29 Presumed Complete criminal-conviction criminal-sentencing district-court life-imprisonment notice-of-appeal third-circuit Question not identified.
24-6883 Kenneth Karlston Newsome v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-28 Denied IFP constitutional-law double-jeopardy due-process international-human-rights life-imprisonment presumption-of-innocence WHETHER A PERSON'S RIGHT TO BE "PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY ACCORDING TO LAW" AS DECLARED BY ARTICLE 14.2 OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON C…
23-5547 Timothy James Hahn v. Florida Florida 2023-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment sentencing Whether a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on a defendant who was under the age of twenty-five at the time of the offen…
22-7869 Kendall Demarko Wysinger, aka Demarko, aka D v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals conspiracy court-of-appeals criminal-appeal criminal-law drug-statute human-trafficking life-imprisonment mandatory-sentencing sentencing statutory-interpretation L. Whether The Court Of Appeals Erred By Refusing To Reverse Wysinger's Conviction On Count One For Conspiracy To Violate 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a)(1) (Lawy…
22-7124 Ricky Lee Scott v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Arkansas 2023-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation due-process first-degree-murder jury-instructions life-imprisonment state-procedural-default trial-error waiver WHETHER PETITIONER SCOTT'S RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW WAS VIOLATED WHEN HE WAS CONVICTED IN A JURY TRIAL OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND SENTENCED TO LIFE…
22-6599 Herman Harris, Jr. v. Ohio, et al. Ohio 2023-01-23 Denied IFP criminal-statute due-process legislative-intent liberty-interest life-imprisonment parole parole-discretion sentencing sentencing-ambiguity statutory-interpretation vagueness 1. When the State of Ohio Legislatures/The Ohio General Assembly had failed to drafted with reasonably clarity the precise number of years that equals…
22-6231 William Dustin Poole v. Florida Florida 2022-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment life-without-parole non-homicide-offense sentencing Whether a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on an eighteen-year-old defendant convicted of a non-homicide offense violat…
21-7303 Edward Pinchon v. Raymond Byrd, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment mandatory-sentencing miller-precedent At age 17, Edward Pinchon was convicted of first-degree murder for the killing of a middle-aged man who was sexually abusing him. Tennessee law mandat…
21-7290 James L. Caudle v. Florida Florida 2022-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause confrontation-rights constitutional-protections cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process ex-parte-communication impartial-jury life-imprisonment presumption-of-innocence I. Whether the fight to due process of law has been denied by State courts allowing the State to evade addressing whether the right to confront the on…
21-5790 Patricia Ann Brown v. Burl Cain, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence criminal-statute due-process felony-definition life-imprisonment sentencing-enhancement state-statute vagueness vagueness-doctrine Is a state statute, providing for an enhanced punishment (life imprisonment) for one convicted of a "crime of violence," unconstitutionally vague, whe…
20-7561 Melissa Pocopanni v. Florida Florida 2021-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-responsibility cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment intent-to-commit-murder juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment second-degree-murder Whether a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on a nineteen-year-old defendant convicted as a principal to second-degree m…
20-6746 Jonathan Loyd v. Florida Florida 2020-12-31 Denied IFP 8th-amendment age-of-offender constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment juvenile-justice juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment mandatory-life-sentence sentencing Whether a mandatory term of life imprisonment imposed upon an offender under the age of 18 is per se lawful under the Eighth Amendment?
19-8668 Lemuel Whiteside v. Arkansas Arkansas 2020-06-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-robbery capital-felony-murder constitutional-rights graham-v-florida juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment non-homicide-crime procedural-default WHETHER, FOLLOWING THIS COURT'S DECISION IN GRAHAM v. FLORIDA . 560 U.S. 48, 79 (2010), THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN INSTRUCTING PETITIONER WHITESIDE'S TR…
19-7676 Robert Jackson v. Florida Florida 2020-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP eighth-amendment graham-v-florida graham-vs-florida juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment mandatory-sentencing miller-graham-rule miller-v-alabama miller-vs-alabama national-consensus parole scientific-evidence WHETHER EIGHTH AMENDMENT'S PROTECTION ESTABLISHED IN GRAHAM AND MILLER SHOULD BE EXPANDED BEYOND AGE CUTOFF AT EIGHTEEN TO PROHIBIT MANDATORY LIFE IMP…
19-720 United States v. Riley Briones, Jr. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-06 GVR Relisted (2) constitutional-law criminal-procedure discretionary-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment life-without-parole parole sentencing sentencing-discretion Whether Miller v. Alabama, which "h[e]ld that the Eighth Amendment forbids a sentencing scheme that mandates life in prison without possibility of par…
19-6136 Thomas A. Bias v. Jimmy Martin, Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment juvenile-sentencing juvenile-sentencing,eighth-amendment,fourteenth-am life-imprisonment miller-v-alabama montgomery-v-louisiana supreme-court-precedent IS THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA UNCONSTITUTIONALLY IMPOSING CONTINUED IMPRISONMENT ON JUVENILE 'S SENTENCED TO LIFE, IN DISREGARD OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREM…
19-5996 Michael J. W. Potter v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment life-imprisonment mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing sentencing Whether entry of a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment violated Appellant's rights under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
19-5859 Edward Wesby v. Florida Florida 2019-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment miller-standard miller-v-alabama parole parole-eligibility Whether Florida's current parole system provides a meaningful opportunity for release to juvenile offenders sentenced to life imprisonment with eligib…
19-5313 Thomas Arthur Kahlow v. Florida Florida 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment capital-punishment constitutional-limits due-process excessive-punishment federal-statutes fourteenth-amendment indefinite-imprisonment life-imprisonment state-constitutional-law state-governments WHETHER THE RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW GUARANTEED BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION'S FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT IS DENIED BY FLORIDA'S IMPOSITION OF A CAP…
19-5059 Paul A. Viera v. Florida Florida 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process excessive-punishment federal-statutes florida florida-constitution fourteenth-amendment indefinite-imprisonment life-imprisonment state-sentencing WHETHER THE RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW GUARANTEED BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION'S FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT IS DENIED BY FLORIDA'S IMPOSITION OF A NAT…
18-9740 Myron Gregory Jessie v. Michigan Michigan 2019-06-21 Denied IFP appeal appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission judicial-error life-imprisonment prior-misconduct resentencing sentencing 1. Was the evidence insufficient to convict defendant - Appelart MyRon JEssle as an aider and abetter to armed bery and ist degree home invasion?Did h…
18-9568 Roderick Mullins v. Florida Florida 2019-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process imprisonment indefinite-imprisonment life-imprisonment life-sentence sentencing sentencing-scheme state-constitution Does the Florida "Life Means Life" sentence scheme violate the State Constitution's ban on indefinite imprisonment and the 14th Amendment Due Process …
18-9361 Jordan Alexander Clemons v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-05-21 Denied IFP affidavit appellate-procedure civil-rights court-access criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-proportionality in-forma-pauperis indigence indigent-status juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing legal-representation life-imprisonment pro-bono Question not identified.
18-9154 Jeffrey William Smith v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-criminal constitutional-rights criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jury-instructions life-imprisonment life-sentence mitigating-factors sentencing sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation ATEPTED CAPITAL CASE THE INSTRUCTON ANO GIVE IT IN THE PROPER FORM; CITEDIN) "WHALEY V. COMMONDEALh, 214 VA.353 (1973) AND IN " FI5hBACK v. COMMONWEG…
18-8472 James Allen Eapmon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act life-imprisonment mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE PETITIONER WAS DENIED DUE PROCESS WHEN THE DISTRICT COURT ERRONEOUSLY CONCLUDED THAT IT WAS OBLIGATED TO IMPOSED. A STATUTORY MANDATORY MI…
18-8371 Martin E. Grant v. Michigan Michigan 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection first-degree-murder life-imprisonment motion-for-relief-from-judgment plea-bargaining sixth-amendment Whether Petitioner has been denied the effective assistance of counsel guaranteed by the 6th Amendment to the United States Constitution, during the p…
18-8269 Alejandro Casillas Prieto v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-782 chapter-5-part-a criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process guideline-range guidelines life-imprisonment notice offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does the sentencing judge's oral pronouncement of the offense level 43 control? Is the sentencing judge require to give notice, to Chapter 5, Part A,…
18-7295 Earnest Barnes v. Florida Florida 2019-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment graham-v-florida juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment miller-v-alabama National-Consensus parole scientific-evidence WHETHER EIGHTH AMENDMENT'S PROTECTION ESTABLISHED IN GRAHAM AND MILLER SHOULD BE EXPANDED BEYOND AGE CUTOFF AT EIGHTEEN TO PROHIBIT MANDATORY LIFE IMP…
18-192 J. B. R. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-14 Denied age-of-criminal-responsibility constitutional-limits constitutional-punishment criminal-prosecution death-penalty due-process first-degree-murder juvenile-justice juvenile-offender juvenile-offenders life-imprisonment prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation statutory-punishment Whether the Due Process Clause forbids the Government from prosecuting an individual who was a juvenile at the time of the crime under a statute that …