Washington v. Houston-Sconiers
| Docket Number | 92605-1 |
| Decision Date | 02 March 2017 |
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387 cases
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State v. Comer
...absolute discretion to depart" from mandatory minimum sentences when they sentence juveniles in adult court. State v. Houston-Sconiers, 188 Wash.2d 1, 391 P.3d 409, 414 (2017). The Court rested its decision on the Eighth Amendment.In the case, 17-year-old Zyion Houston-Sconiers and 16-year-......
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State v. Thomas
...for juvenile offenders." Id. at 391, 266 A.3d 374 ; see State v. Lyle, 854 N.W.2d 378, 380 (Iowa 2014) ; State v. Houston-Sconiers, 188 Wash.2d 1, 391 P.3d 409, 414 (2017). The Court then turned to the facts, noting that Comer and Zarate were sentenced under a statute that required them to ......
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State v. Zwede
...youthfulness before determining an appropriate sentence.¶43 In 2017, our Supreme Court issued its decision in State v. Houston-Sconiers, 188 Wash.2d 1, 391 P.3d 409 (2017). In that case, Zyion Houston-Sconiers and Treson Roberts, ages 17 and 16, went out on Halloween and, while armed with a......
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State v. Reynolds
...schemes failing to take into account the fact that "children are different" are constitutionally infirm. State v. Houston-Sconiers, 188 Wash.2d 1, 18, 391 P.3d 409 (2017) (holding that Eighth Amendment requires courts to consider the mitigating characteristics of youth, and use appropriate ......
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Summation
...if a proper objection is made when the statement is made. The argument is waived by not objecting. WASHINGTON State v. Houston-Sconiers , 391 P.3d 409, 425 (Wash. 2017). Prosecutor’s use of a racial slur, and references to “a snitch code” used by “black people” were not misconduct. The pros......
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YOUNG AND DANGEROUS: THE ROLE OF YOUTH IN RISK ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS.
...characteristics of youth are universal.") (195.) See, e.g., State v. Lyle, 854 N.W.2d 378, 404 (Iowa 2014); State v. Houston-Sconiers, 391 P.3d 409,420 (Wash. 2017) ("In accordance with Miller, we hold that sentencing courts must have complete discretion to consider mitigating circumstances......