Categories: Sentencing
Malice is required to convict for murder, abrogating the “felony murder” rule.
Adds malice mens rea requirement to common-law felony murder rule
Life in prison "habitual offender" sentence for stealing $460 is unconstitutional
Strikes down "habitual offender" sentence
Intellectual disability is relevant to proportionality review
Youth LWOP is presumed disproprotionate
Bans mandatory LWOP for drug possession
Bans mandatory LWOP for 18 year olds
Bans life sentences for youth convicted of 2nd degree murder