Graham v. Florida, 08-7412.
| Court | United States Supreme Court |
| Citation | 176 L. Ed. 2d 825,130 S.Ct. 2011 |
| Docket Number | No. 08-7412.,08-7412. |
| Parties | Terrance Jamar GRAHAM, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA. |
| Decision Date | 09 November 2009 |
130 S.Ct. 2011
560 US __
176 L. Ed. 2d 825
Terrance Jamar GRAHAM, Petitioner,
v.
FLORIDA.
No. 08-7412.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued November 9, 2009.
Decided May 17, 2010.
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Bryan S. Gowdy, appointed by this Court, Jacksonville, FL, for petitioner.
Scott D. Makar, Solicitor General, Tallahassee, FL, for respondent.
Drew S. Days, III, Brian R. Matsui, Seth M. Galanter, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, DC, George C. Harris, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA, Bryan S. Gowdy, Counsel of Record, John S. Mills, Rebecca Bowen Creed, Jessie L. Harrell, Mills Creed & Gowdy, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for petitioner.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General of Florida, Scott D. Makar, Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Louis F. Hubener, Chief Deputy Solicitor General, Timothy D. Osterhaus, Craig D. Feiser, Courtney Brewer, Ronald A. Lathan, Deputy Solicitors General, Tallahassee, FL, for respondent.
Justice KENNEDY delivered the opinion of the Court.
The issue before the Court is whether the Constitution permits a juvenile offender to be sentenced to life in prison without
parole for a nonhomicide crime. The sentence was imposed by the State of Florida. Petitioner challenges the sentence under the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause, made applicable to the States by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660, 82 S.Ct. 1417, 8 L.Ed.2d 758 (1962).
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Petitioner is Terrance Jamar Graham. He was born on January 6, 1987. Graham's parents were addicted to crack cocaine, and their drug use persisted in his early years. Graham was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in elementary school. He began drinking alcohol and using tobacco at age 9 and smoked marijuana at age 13.
In July 2003, when Graham was age 16, he and three other school-age youths attempted to rob a barbeque restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida. One youth, who worked at the restaurant, left the back door unlocked just before closing time. Graham and another youth, wearing masks, entered through the unlocked door. Graham's masked accomplice twice struck the restaurant manager in the back of the head with a metal bar. When the manager started yelling at the...
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