HSBC Bank USA, N.A. v. Badalamenti

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the Governor’s commuted sentence amounts to mandatory life without parole and was unconstitutional under Miller
• holding that Miller v. Alabama would apply retroactively to cases on direct and collateral review
• holding that for all practical purposes, the same motivation in Miller applies to the commuted sentence since it is the practical equivalent to life without parole
• holding under the Eighth Amendment and Iowa Constitution that “Miller applies to sentences that are the functional equivalent of life without parole”
• holding under the Eighth Amendment and Iowa Constitution that “Miller applies to sentences that are the functional equivalent of life without parole”
• holding under the Eighth Amendment and Iowa state constitution that “Miller applies to sentences that are the functional equivalent of life without parole”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).