Crawford v. Pearson

MEMORANDUM OPINION

T. S, Ellis, III, United States District Judge

At issue in this § 2254 habeas petition is whether petitioner, . Brandon Michael *904Crawford, sentenced to life without parole, for a capital murder he committed when he was seventeen, is entitled to an issuance of a writ where, as here, the state sentencing court did not consider his youth at the time it imposed the sentence, in violation of Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012). Respondent does not contest that youth was not taken into account by the sentencing court, but argues that Crawford has…