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Idaho v. Windom

Petition for certiorari denied on February 20, 2018

Docket No. Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
17-560 N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2017

Issue: Whether the Eighth Amendment is satisfied when, in a non-mandatory sentencing regime, a juvenile convicted of murder had the opportunity to present evidence of "youth and its attendant characteristics," and the sentencing court could and did consider youth, and subsequently made a retrospective finding in light of Miller v. Alabama, and Montgomery v. Louisiana, that the juvenile's crime did not reflect "transient immaturity," but was instead one of the "rare" cases justifying a fixed life sentence.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/06/2017Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 13, 2017)
10/31/2017Waiver of right of respondent Ethan Windom to respond filed.
11/14/2017DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2017.
11/27/2017Response Requested. (Due December 27, 2017)
12/21/2017Brief of respondent Ethan Windom in opposition filed.
01/10/2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
02/20/2018Petition DENIED.