Segerstrom v. State

This appeal stems from appellant Christopher Segerstrom's conviction and sentence in Washington County Circuit Court for one count of capital murder and a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. Segerstrom v. State , 301 Ark. 314, 783 S.W.2d 847 (1990). At the time of the offense on July 26, 1986, Segerstrom was fifteen-years old.1

In Miller v. Alabama , 567 U.S. 460, 479, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), the Supreme Court of the United States held that "the Eighth Amendment forbids a sentencing scheme that mandates life in prison without possibility of parole for juvenile…