Whiteside v. State

CLIFF HOOFMAN, Justice.

11 This case, which involves the mandatory imposition of a life sentence without parole on a juvenile defendant convicted of capital murder, comes to us on remand from the United States Supreme Court. In Whiteside v. State, 2011 Ark. 371, 383 S.W.3d 859, vacated, — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 65, 183 L.Ed.2d 708 (2012) (White-side I), this court affirmed Lemuel White-side’s convictions for capital murder and aggravated robbery. Therein, we also rejected Whiteside’s arguments that his sentence of life without parole violated his rights under the Eighth Amendment to the United…