DENNIS LeBLANC, Petitioner-Appellee,
v.
RANDALL MATHENA, Chief Warden, Red Onion State Prison, Pound, Virginia; COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, Respondents-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 10, 2016.
Decided November 7, 2016.
Amended November 10, 2016.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Stuart Alan Raphael , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellants. Bryan A. Stevenson , EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE, Montgomery, Alabama, for Appellee.
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wynn wrote the opinion, in which Judge Johnston joined. Judge Niemeyer wrote a dissenting opinion.
WYNN, Circuit Judge.
Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 74 (2010), held that "the Eighth Amendment forbids the sentence of life without parole" for juvenile offenders convicted of nonhomicide offenses. Accordingly, the Supreme Court held that States must provide juvenile nonhomicide offenders sentenced to life imprisonment with...
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