Legal Opinion
State v. McCleese
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 23, 2019No. SC20081PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Page 2 CONNECTICUT LAW JOURNAL October 15, 2019 378 OCTOBER, 2019
333 Conn. 378
State v. McCleese STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. WILLIAM MCCLEESE (SC 20081) Robinson, C. J., and Palmer, McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn and Ecker, Js. Syllabus Pursuant to Miller v. Alabama ( 567 U.S. 460) and State v. Riley ( 315 Conn. 637), the prohibition against cruel and usual punishments in the federal constitution precludes a court from sentencing a juvenile offender to life imprisonment, or its functional equivalent, without the possibility of parole, unless the juvenile offender’s age and the hallmarks of…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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