Cases

Fletcher v. State of Alaska

Miller v. Alabama requires on-the-record findings and applies to de facto LWOP

Wells-Yates v. The People

Prospective sentencing reform is relevant to excessive sentence claims

State v. Santiago

Prospective death penalty abolition renders existing death sentences unconstitutional

State v. Belcher

Relying on "superpredator" myth in sentencing violates due process

In re Lynch

Life in prison for indecent exposure is unconstitutionally excessive

People v. Dillon

Felony murder youth LWOP violates state constitution

People v. Anderson

Death penalty violates CA state constitution

In re Palmer

Repeated parole denials yield excessive sentences

People v. Carrasquillo

Repeated parole denials yield excessive sentences

State v. Thomas

Repeated parole denials yield de facto LWOP sentence

State v. Bassett

Bans LWOP for youth under 18

In re Pers. Restraint of Monschke

Bans mandatory LWOP for people under 21

State v. Haag

Bans de facto LWOP for youth under 18

State v. Anderson

Permits de facto youth LWOP for certain crimes

State v. Kelliher

Bans de facto LWOP for youth found "neither incorrigible nor irredeemable"

CSI v. Moore

Restores voting rights to people on probation/parole

State v. Melvin

Bans acquitted conduct sentencing

State v. Comer/State v. Zarate

Bans 30-year mandatory minimum for youth

State v. Nataluk

Mental conditions are mitigating

State v. Keef

Rehabilitation progress is mitigating under Miller v. Alabama

State v. Caronna

Exclusionary rule applies when police fail to knock & announce

Commonwealth v. Edmunds

No "good faith exception" to state constitution warrant requirement

People v. Bullock

Bans mandatory LWOP for drug possession

People v. Taylor

Youth LWOP is presumed disproprotionate

People v. Parks

Bans mandatory LWOP for 18 year olds

People v. Stovall

Bans life sentences for youth convicted of 2nd degree murder

Hale v. State

FL "cruel or unusual" clause is broader than 8th Amendment

Dawson v. State

Bans use of electric chair

State v. Null

Miller v. Alabama applies to de facto LWOP

State v. Pearson

35 years minimum is de facto LWOP

Commonwealth v. Mattis

Bans LWOP up to age 21

Diatchenko v. Dist. Att’y for Suffolk Dist.

Bans youth LWOP

Commonwealth v. O’Neal

Mandatory death penalty violates state constitution

Zab v. Rhode Island Dep’t of Corrections

Strikes down RI "civil death" statute

State v. Sum

Racial stereotypes are relevant to "seizure" analysis

State v. Malecha

No "good faith exception" to exclusionary rule for court personnel errors

People v. Gordon

Warrants to search "premises" do not include cars

State v. Lyle

Bans all mandatory minimums for youth

State v. Sweet

Bans all youth LWOP

State v. Mata

Bans use of electric chair

State v. Bartol

Death penalty reforms rendered existing death sentence unconstitutional

State v. Ryan

Intellectual disability is relevant to proportionality review

State v. Davidson

Strikes down "habitual offender" sentence

State of Alaska v. McKelvey

Aeiral surveillance requires search warrant

State v. Fain

Life in prison "habitual offender" sentence for stealing $460 is unconstitutional

People v. Aaron

Adds malice mens rea requirement to common-law felony murder rule

Commonwealth v. Brown

Malice is required to convict for murder, abrogating the “felony murder” rule.

People v. Lymon

State v. Gregory

District Attorney for the Suffolk District v. Watson