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Parker v. State

Citations

  • 119 So. 3d 987
  • 2013 WL 2436630
  • 2013 Miss. LEXIS 321

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that Miller applies to a single sentence for “natural life” that is not eligible for parole but allows for conditional release at age sixty-five
  • holding a life sentence with an opportunity for “conditional release” on parole at age sixty-five falls within Miller
  • finding that a life sentence where the defendant would be eligible for conditional release at age sixty-five was covered by Miller while noting that conditional release “is more akin to clemency” than parole
  • vacating the fifteen-year-old defendant’s mandatory sentence of life without parole and remanding for the sentencing court to consider the protections discussed in Miller
  • listing the several factors the United State Supreme Court in Miller, 567 U.S. at 477-78, said should be taken into consideration when sentencing a juvenile
  • vacating the fifteen-year-old defendant’s mandatory sentence of life without parole and remanding for the sentencing court to consider the protections discussed in Miller

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Judges: Chandler, Coleman, Dickinson, King, Kitchens, Lamar, Pierce, Randolph, Waller

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