Legal Opinion
Nolley, Erron Keith
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 30, 2014No. PD-0833-13PublishedCited by 43 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · JohnsonJohnson, J.
in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, COCHRAN, and ALCALÁ, JJ., joined.
These consolidated cases ask us to interpret the United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in Miller v. Alabama, 1 which held that the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution forbids sentencing schemes for juveniles in which life imprisonment without the possibility of parole is mandatory rather than based upon an individualized sentencing assessment. Appellants argue that their sentences, which the appellate courts reformed to life imprisonment, are unconstitutional because they were not…
3Cases cited7 opinions
- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Thompson v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Maxwell, Ex Parte TerrellCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
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4Cited by43 opinions
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- Ex parte CardenasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2018
- Guzman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
- Turner, Litrey DemondCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
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