Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Carr v. Wallace
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided July 11, 2017No. SC 93487PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN HABEAS CORPUS
PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, JUDGE
In 1983, Jason Carr was convicted of three counts of capital murder for killing his brother, stepmother, and stepsister when he was 16 years old. He was sentenced to three concurrent terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole for 50 years. His sentences were imposed without any consideration of his youth. Mr. Carr filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in this Court. He contends his sentences violate the Eighth Amendment because, following the decision in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Montgomery v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
- State v. BakerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
- State v. HartSupreme Court of Missouri · 2013
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- State ex rel. Trevor Griffith v. Anne Precythe, Julie Kempker, and Kenny JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 2019
- Allen v. NormanMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018
- Hill v. CassadyMissouri Court of Appeals · 2019
- Edwards v. SteeleMissouri Court of Appeals · 2017
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