Miller v. Alabama
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Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012),[2] was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that mandatory sentences of life without the possibility of parole are unconstitutional for juvenile offenders.[3][4] The ruling applied even to those persons who had committed murder as a juvenile, extending beyond Graham v. Florida (2010), which had ruled juvenile life without parole sentences unconstitutional for crimes excluding murder.
Quick Facts Miller v. Alabama, Argued March 19, 2012 Decided June 25, 2012 ...
Miller v. Alabama | |
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Argued March 19, 2012 Decided June 25, 2012 | |
Full case name | Evan Miller, Petitioner v. Alabama; Kuntrell Jackson, Petitioner v. Ray Hobbs, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction |
Docket nos. | 10-9646 10-9647 |
Citations | 567 U.S. 460 (more) 132 S. Ct. 2455; 183 L. Ed. 2d 407 |
Case history | |
Prior | Conviction affirmed sub nom. Miller v. State, 2010 WL 2546422 (Ala. Crim. App. June 25, 2010); rehearing denied, and new decision published, 63 So.3d 676 (Ala. Crim. App. August 27, 2010); certiorari denied sub nom. Ex parte Miller, unpub. n°1091663 (Ala. October 22, 2010); certiorari granted, 565 U. S. 1013 (2011). Conviction affirmed sub nom. Jackson v. State, 359 Ark. 87, 194 S.W.3d 757 (2004); petition for habeas relief dismissed, unpub. n°cv-08-28-2 (Jefferson Cnty Cir. Ct.); affirmed, 2011 Ark. 49, 378 S. W. 3d 103 (2011); certiorari granted, 565 U. S. 1013 (2011) |
Holding | |
The Eighth Amendment prohibits a sentencing scheme that requires life in prison without the possibility of parole for juvenile homicide offenders.[1] | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Kagan, joined by Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor |
Concurrence | Breyer, joined by Sotomayor |
Dissent | Roberts, joined by Scalia, Thomas, Alito |
Dissent | Thomas, joined by Scalia |
Dissent | Alito, joined by Scalia |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. Amend. VIII |
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