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Jonsha Bell v. Mississippi
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Mississippi, No. 2018-M-00530 · judgment January 31, 2019
Certiorari denied · November 4, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 4% cert probability
Before the decision, roughly 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 dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), 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
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.