· 8/31/2016
in the Interest of J.R., S.R., C.R., and C.R., Children
Citations
- 501 S.W.3d 738
- 2016 Tex. App. LEXIS 9708
- 2016 WL 6128159
How courts have described this case
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- reaching the same result under the state constitution so long as a juvenile offender was given an individualized sentencing hearing, similar to South Carolina's Aiken hearings
- “[W]e hold that Iowa Code section 902.1(2)(a)(1), which allows the sentencing court to sentence a juvenile offender to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole is unconstitutional.”
- discretionary factors under Iowa Code Ann. § 902.1(2)(b)
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Judges: Gray, Davis, Scoggins
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