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PEOPLE v. CONTRERAS

Respondent’s Response to Amicus Curiae Brief

3 Cited authorities

  1. Graham v. Florida

    560 U.S. 48 (2010)   Cited 4,407 times   46 Legal Analyses
    Holding life without parole sentences unconstitutional for non-homicide juvenile offenders

  2. Montgomery v. Louisiana

    577 U.S. 190 (2016)   Cited 3,089 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Miller v. Alabama , 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407, which held as unconstitutional mandatory life imprisonment without parole for juvenile offenders, announced a new substantive rule of constitutional law that must be given retroactive effect

  3. People v. Caballero

    55 Cal.4th 262 (Cal. 2012)   Cited 606 times
    Holding that "sentencing a juvenile offender for a nonhomicide offense to a term of years with a parole eligibility date that falls outside the juvenile offender's natural life expectancy constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment"