Legal Opinion
Maxwell, Ex Parte Terrell
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided March 12, 2014No. AP-76,964PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · CochranCochran, J.
MEYERS, PRICE, JOHNSON and ALCALA, JJ„
joined.
In his application for a writ of habeas corpus, applicant claims that his mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, for a crime he committed as a juvenile, violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution under Miller v. Alabama.1 In that case, the Supreme Court held that a mandatory “life without parole” sentence for a defendant who was under the age of 18 at the time of his crime violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Applicant’s sentence…
3Cases cited36 opinions
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Teague v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Bousley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
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4Cited by72 opinions
- Rebecca Lee Falcon v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2015
- Garza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
- State v. MaresWyoming Supreme Court · 2014
- Nolley, Erron KeithCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2014
- Shermaine Johnson v. Henry PontonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2015
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