Legal Opinion
Shalouei v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 7, 2017No. 14-15-01055-CRPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
William J. Boyce, Justice
Appellant Matthew Payam Shalouei was convicted of capital miirder and automatically sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years. The issue in this appeal is whether certain Texas statutes that mandate a minimum sentence for juveniles convicted of a capital crime are unconstitutional.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals previously has determined that an automatic life sentence for a-juvenile convicted of a capital crime does not violate the juvenile’s constitutional rights if there is a possibility of parole. Although the Court of…
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