243 So. 3d 1093 - State v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “Giving Miller retroactive effect, moreover, does not require States to relitigate sentences, let alone convictions, in every case where a juvenile offender received mandatory life without parole. A State may remedy a Miller violation by permitting juvenile homicide offenders to be considered for parole, rather than by resentencing them.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Preston · 253 So. 3d 911 - State v. Sullivan

2. “[t]he sole question to be answered in a Miller hearing is whether the defendant should have a chance for parole.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Preston · 247 So. 3d 1071 - State v. Brooks

3. “(2) If an offender was indicted prior to August 1, 2017, for the crime of ... second degree murder ( R.S. 14:30.1 ) where the offender was under the age of eighteen years at the time of the commission of the offense and a hearing was held pursuant to this Article prior to August 1, 2017, the following shall apply: (a) If the court determined at the hearing that was held prior to August 1, 2017, that the offender's sentence shall be imposed with parole eligibility, the offender shall be eligible for parole pursuant to R.S. 15:574.4(G).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 247 So. 3d 1071 - State v. Brooks