Legal Opinion
People v. Brooks
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided September 17, 2018No. Supreme Court Case 18SA90PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE GABRIEL delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶ 1 This case presents the question of whether Colorado's recently enacted sentencing scheme for juvenile offenders who received unconstitutional mandatory sentences to life in prison without the possibility of parole ("LWOP") violates the Special Legislation Clause of the Colorado Constitution. We conclude that it does not.
¶ 2 Based on acts that Brooks committed when he was fifteen years old, prosecutors charged Brooks as an adult with felony murder and other crimes. After a jury convicted Brooks on multiple counts, including the felony…
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Montgomery v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
- People v. BramlettSupreme Court of Colorado · 1977
- People v. DerouletSupreme Court of Colorado · 2002
- Ferrer v. OkbamicaelSupreme Court of Colorado · 2017
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3Cited by2 opinions
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