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Jonsha Bell v. Mississippi
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Mississippi, No. 2018-M-00530 · judgment January 31, 2019
Before the decision, about 1.6× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a petition citing three to ten dissents, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Question presented
Does the Eighth Amendment forbid an aggregate sentence that exceeds the life expectancy of a juvenile nonhomicide offender?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David Michael Shapiro
Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center
For respondent
Abbie Eason Koonce
Office of the Attorney General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Linked docket
18A1008
Order
Order list, November 4, 2019 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Nov 04 2019Petition DENIED.
- Oct 16 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
- Oct 11 2019Reply of petitioner Jonsha Bell filed.
- Oct 02 2019Brief of respondent Mississippi in opposition filed.
- Aug 26 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 4, 2019.
- Aug 21 2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 4, 2019 to October 4, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
- Aug 05 2019Response Requested. (Due September 4, 2019)
- Jun 26 2019DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
- Jun 24 2019Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
- May 31 2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 1, 2019)
- Apr 05 2019Application (18A1008) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 31, 2019.
- Apr 01 2019Application (18A1008) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 1, 2019 to May 31, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.