State v. Rodriguez Ramos

This opinion was filed for record CLIIUCI OPI'ICI ...,_OOUM.IIJII'IIICif'-IINII'ION at Q!oOrun o<JCuLI~ /AJJ1 l, ~TE JAN 1 2 2~17 i -~)4M~1s1J;(f ~~a..~- IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON ) STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) ) Respondent, ) No. 92454-6 ) v. ) ) ENBANC JOEL RODRIGUEZ RAMOS, ) ) Petitioner. ) Filed: JAN 1 2 2017 _______________________) YU, J.--When a juvenile offender is sentenced in adult court, youth matters on a constitutional level. Even for homicide offenses, "mandatory life-without- parole sentences for juveniles violate the Eighth Amendment." Miller v. Alabama, 567…