Montgomery v. Louisiana (577 U.S. 190)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided January 25, 2016 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 577 U.S. 190 · 136 S. Ct. 718
- Decided
- January 25, 2016
- Term
- October Term 2015
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Kennedy
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
Summary 1/27/2016 3:49:13 PM Differences exist between documents. New Document: Old Document: 14-280 14-280_4h25 50 pages (284 KB) 50 pages (275 KB) 1/27/2016 3:49:08 PM 1/27/2016 3:49:08 PM Used to display results. Get started: first change is on page 7. No pages were deleted How to read this report Highlight indicates a change. Deleted indicates deleted content. indicates pages were changed. indicates pages were moved. file://NoURLProvided[1/27/2016 3:49:15 PM] (Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2015 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus MONTGOMERY v. LOUISIANA CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA No. 14–280. Argued October 13, 2015—Decided January 25, 2016 Petitioner Montgomery was 17 years old in 1963, when he killed a dep- uty sheriff in Louisiana. The jury returned a verdict of “guilty with- out capital punishment,” which carried an automatic sentence of life without parole. Nearly 50 years after Montgomery was taken into custody, this Court decided that mandatory life without parole for ju-…
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