Garza v. State

OPINION

in which MEYERS, PRICE, WOMACK, and HERYEY, JJ., join.

On appeal, James Garza contested the imposition of his life-without-parole sentence arguing that, because he was a juvenile, the sentence violated his Eighth Amendment rights as defined by the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Miller v. Alabama. The Fourth Court of Appeals refused to review his claim and held that, by failing to lodge an objection in the trial court, Garza has forfeited this claim on appeal. We reverse the court of appeals’ decision because it conflicts with this Court’s subsequently delivered opinion in Ex…