Case v. Cain

21 Submitted March 15, 2019, reversed and remanded August 19, 2020 DAVID KIRKPATRICK CASE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Brad CAIN, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution, Defendant-Respondent. Malheur County Circuit Court 16CV20844; A164729

474 P3d 415

In 1999, when petitioner was a youth, he was sentenced under a mandatory sentencing scheme to life in prison for a minimum of 30 years. After the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Miller v. Alabama, 567 US 460, 132 S Ct 2455,

183 L Ed 2d 407

(2012), which held that a mandatory life sentence with- out the possibility of parole is…