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Kansas v. Dull

Petition for certiorari denied on March 7, 2016

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
15-276 Kan. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2015

Issue: Whether the Kansas Supreme Court misinterpreted and improperly expanded the Supreme Court's decisions in Graham v. Florida and Miller v. Alabama when it extended those decisions to a sentence that does not involve life imprisonment, holding that the Eighth Amendment categorically bars a sentence of mandatory lifetime postrelease supervision (i.e., non-incarceration) for juveniles convicted of serious sex offenses.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/01/2015Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 5, 2015)
10/01/2015Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 4, 2015.
11/02/2015Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 12, 2015.
11/12/2015Brief of respondent Bryce M. Dull in opposition filed.
11/25/2015Reply of petitioner Kansas filed.
12/02/2015DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016.
02/08/2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 19, 2016.
02/29/2016DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 4, 2016.
03/07/2016Petition DENIED.