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Criminal Law: Murder-Habeas Relief-Juvenile Offender
Plaintiff appealed from the district court’s denial of plaintiff’s application for habeas relief after the Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed plaintiff’s sentence for three murders plaintiff committed while he was a juvenile but old enough to be tried as an adult, for which plaintiff received a sentence of at least 90 years. Where the cumulative effect […]
Criminal Law: Sentencing-Parole Eligibility-Juvenile Offender
Where a defendant, who sought parole eligibility after serving 25 years of his sentence of life without parole for crimes committed as a juvenile, the trial court did not err in granting declaratory judgment for the department of corrections because Section 558.047 allows for sentence review and subsequent parole consideration of only a juvenile offender’s […]
Bomb threat may result in new remedy for detained juveniles
In Missouri, there’s no clear avenue for detained juveniles to claim ineffective assistance of counsel — but they might have one soon, thanks to a case heard by the Missouri Supreme Court on April 23.
Criminal Law : Sex Offender Registry – Juvenile Offender – Delinquency Adjudication
A.W. v. State of Nebraska (MLW No. 70831/Case No. 16-1898 – 11 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Beam, J.)
Criminal Law : Sentencing – Juvenile Offender – Mandatory Minimum Parole Law
Willbanks v. Department of Corrections (MLW No. 70764/Case No. SC95395 – 59 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Russell, J.; Fischer, C.J., Wilson and Powell, JJ., concur; Stith, J., dissents in separate opinion filed; Draper and Breckenridge, JJ., concur in opinion of Stith, J.)
Criminal Law : Sentencing – Juvenile Offender – Consecutive Sentences
State v. Nathan (MLW No. 70762/Case No. SC95473 – 56 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Fischer, C.J.; Wilson, Russell and Powell, JJ., concur; Stith, J., dissents in separate opinion filed; Draper and Breckenridge, JJ., concur in opinion of Stith, J.)
Criminal Law : Juvenile Offender – Mandatory Life Sentence
State ex rel. Jason Clay Carr v. Wallace (MLW No. 70758/Case No. SC93487 – 16 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Breckenridge, J.; Draper, Wilson, Russell and Stith, JJ., concur; Fischer, C.J., dissents in separate opinion filed. Powell, J., not participating)
Criminal Law : Sentencing – Juvenile Offender – De Facto Life Sentence
U.S. v. Jefferson (MLW No. 68894/Case No. 15-1309 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)
Constitutional Law : Sex Offender Registration – Juvenile Offender – Ripeness
In the Interest of S.C. v. Juvenile Officer (MLW No. 68463/Case No. SC95049 – 7 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Draper III, J.; all concur) Appealed from circuit court, St. Louis City, Mason, J. (Patricia Harrison and Jeffrey Estes, St. Louis, for appellant) (Laura Harold, St. Louis, represented the juvenile officer).
Criminal Law : Sentencing – Juvenile Offender – Miller
Thompson v. Roy (MLW No. 68058/Case No. 14-1821 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.)
Criminal Law : Juvenile Offender – Life Sentence – New Case Law
Branch v. Cassady (MLW No. 67337/Case No. WD77788 – 25 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.)
Criminal Law : Sentencing – Eighth Amendment – Juvenile Offender
State v. Williams (MLW No. 66044/Case No. WD74285 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.)
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