Washington Supreme Court· 1/12/2017

State v. Ramos

Citations

187 Wash. 2d 420
387 P.3d 650

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recognizing that youth as mitigating evidence is considered based on the facts of the case
holding that Miller applies to de facto life-without-parole sentences, but affirming the juvenile homicide offender’s term-of-years sentences totaling 85 years because the offender received an adequate Miller hearing at resentencing
explaining that we do not foreclose the possibility offollowing the Iowa Supreme Court's lead of adopting a categorical rule
requiring courts to “meaningfully consider” relevant differences between juveniles and adults before imposing a “de facto” life sentence
defining a “de facto life sentence” as one “result[ing] in a total prison term exceeding the average human life-span”
defining a “de facto life sentence” as one “result[ing] in a total prison term exceeding the average human life-span”

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Judges: Ellington, Fairhurst, González, Johnson, Madsen, Owens, Stephens, Wiggins

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