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Kansas v. Dull

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on March 7, 2016.

Docket No.15-276
Op. BelowKan.
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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.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Sep 1, 2015
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 5, 2015)
Oct 1, 2015
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including November 4, 2015.
Nov 2, 2015
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 12, 2015.
Nov 12, 2015
Brief of respondent Bryce M. Dull in opposition filed.
Nov 25, 2015
Reply of petitioner Kansas filed.
Dec 2, 2015
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 8, 2016.
Feb 8, 2016
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 19, 2016.
Feb 29, 2016
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 4, 2016.
Mar 7, 2016
Petition DENIED.

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