Brown v. Wakefield

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• concluding that the rationale of Miller “also extend[s] to lengthy fixed sentences that are the functional equivalent of a determinate life sentence”
• concluding that the rationale of Miller “also extend[s] to lengthy fixed sentences that are the functional equivalent of a determinate life sentence”
• declining to follow Houston-Sconiers because it did not “involve juveniles convicted of homicide”
• declining to follow Houston-Sconiers because it did not “involve juveniles convicted of homicide”
• sentence of indeterminate life with 35-years fixed does not violate the Eighth Amendment under Miller’s rationale
• sentence of indeterminate life with 35-years fixed does not violate the Eighth Amendment under Miller’s rationale

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).