Kelley v. Gordon

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The U.S. Supreme Court held in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 489 (2012), that the Eighth Amendment forbade mandatory sentences of life without parole for juvenile offenders. In Kelley v. Gordon, 2015 Ark. 277, the Arkansas Supreme Court held that Miller applied retroactively to juvenile offenders who had already been sentenced to life without parole.

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Supreme Court of Arkansas

2015 Ark. 277

WENDY KELLEY, DIRECTOR, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION v. ULONZO GORDON

Appeal from the Lee County Circuit Court

No. CV-14-1082. --- Delivered: June 18, 2015.

Court Documents
Opinion of the Court

Leslie Rutledge, Att'y Gen., by: Christian Harris, Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellant.

Jeff Rosenzweig, for appellee.

Opinion of the court by Justice ROBIN F. WYNNE.

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