Legal Opinion
State v. Bonner
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided November 14, 2012No. Appellate Case No. 2009-146206; No. 5048PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGeathers, J.
John Bendarian Bonner appeals his sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for a non-homicide offense he committed as a juvenile, arguing the sentence violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. We vacate Bonner’s sentence and remand for resentencing.
FACTS
On April 2, 2008, Dipali Darji was the victim of a home-invasion robbery. The police later arrested Bonner and seven other individuals for committing the burglary. At the time of the offense, Bonner was seventeen years old.1
Bonner was indicted on charges of burglary in the first…
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