Washington Supreme Court· 5/10/2018

State v. Scott

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416 P.3d 1182
190 Wash. 2d 586

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holding RCW 9.94A.730 offers juvenile offenders “‘some meaningful opportunity to obtain release based on demonstrated maturity and rehabilitation’” (emphasis added) (internal quotation marks omitted
remanding 2 Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S. Ct. 2455, 183 L. Ed. 2d 407 (2012
denying PRP requesting resentencing because the petitioner already had an “adequate remedy” of petitioning for parole
“Montgomery provides that the Washington Miller fix statute’s parole provision cures the Miller violation in Scott’s case.”
“A State may remedy a Miller violation by permitting juvenile homicide offenders to be considered for parole, rather than by resentencing them.”
juvenile offender who received de facto life sentence for murder could present evidence of his youth at time of crime when seeking parole from ISRB after serving 20 years under RCW 9.94A.730

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Judges: Madsen, Fairhurst, McCloud

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