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Kevin Salvador Golphin v. North Carolina
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of North Carolina, No. 22-713 · judgment February 6, 2024
Certiorari denied · October 14, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether North Carolina, in conflict with this Court’s precedents and those of other states, has violated the Eighth Amendment by creating a de facto mandatory life-without-parole sentencing regime for juvenile offenders by invariably considering the facts of the juvenile’s crime to be dispositive.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Eamon Paul Joyce
For respondent
Heidi Michelle Williams
North Carolina Department of Justice
Proceedings
- Oct 14 2025Petition DENIED.
- Sep 17 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
- Sep 16 2025Waiver of right of respondent North Carolina to respond filed.
- Aug 15 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 18, 2025)
- Jun 11 2025Application (24A1175) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 16, 2025.
- May 29 2025Application (24A1175) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 17, 2025 to August 16, 2025, submitted to The Chief Justice.