State v. Morgan

Syllabus

Eric Morgan was sentenced to death for a murder he committed roughly two weeks before he turned eighteen. He was resentenced and given life without parole (LWOP) after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional for juvenile offenders. The circuit court dismissed Morgan's request for an Aiken v. Byars resentencing on the grounds the mitigating features of Morgan's youth had already been explored in Morgan's death penalty trial and in the resentencing when Morgan received LWOP years before Aiken was decided. We reverse because Morgan falls within the class entitled to relief under Aiken.