Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Semple v. Casiano
Semple v. Casiano, 136 S. Ct. 1364 (2016)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2016-03-07
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- life sentence can include sentence that is functional equivalent of life by leaving juvenile defendant ‘‘no chance for fulfillment outside prison walls, no chance for reconciliation with society, no hope’’ [internal quotation marks omitted]
Citator
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Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Connecticut denied.