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Joey Montrell Chandler, aka Joey M. Chandler, aka Joey Chandler v. Mississippi

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Mississippi, No. 2015-KA-01636-SCT · judgment March 8, 2018

Certiorari denied · January 7, 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.

Questions presented

  1. Whether the Eighth Amendment requires the sentencing authority to make a finding that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible before imposing a sentence of life without parole.

  2. Whether Joey Chandler’s life without parole sentence violates the Eighth Amendment because the sentencing judge failed to consider substantial, unrebutted evidence of his rehabilitation.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
David Michael Shapiro
Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center

For respondent
Scott Stuart
Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
5 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Jan 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 19 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
  3. Dec 17 2018
    Reply of petitioner Joey M. Chandler filed.
  4. Dec 03 2018
    Brief of respondent State of Mississippi in opposition filed.
  5. Nov 14 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 3, 2018.
  6. Nov 08 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 13, 2018 to December 3, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Oct 11 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 13, 2018.
  8. Oct 11 2018
    Brief amici curiae of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice et al. filed.
  9. Oct 11 2018
    Brief amici curiae of Scholars of Criminal Law filed.(Corrected version submitted).
  10. Oct 11 2018
    Brief amicus curiae of Scholars of Criminal Law filed. (11/23/2018)
  11. Oct 09 2018
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 11, 2018 to November 13, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
  12. Oct 02 2018
    Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed.
  13. Sep 14 2018
    Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Prosecutors, Department of Justice Officials, and Judges filed.
  14. Sep 11 2018
    Response Requested. (Due October 11, 2018)
  15. Sep 05 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  16. Aug 20 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Mississippi to respond filed.
  17. Aug 15 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 14, 2018)