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FLETCHER v. STATE

Court of Appeals No. A-11802.

532 P.3d 286 (2023)

Winona M. FLETCHER, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

May 12, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitney G. Glover (briefing) and Marcelle K. McDannel (oral argument), Assistant Public Advocates, and Chad Holt , Public Advocate, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Nancy R. Simel , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, Anchorage, and Jahna Lindemuth , Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

Before: Allard, Chief Judge, Wollenberg, Judge, and Suddock, Senior Superior Court Judge.

OPINION

Beginning in 2005, the United States Supreme Court decided a series of cases that altered the landscape of juvenile sentencing practices. Grounded in the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishments," these cases culminated with the Court's declaration in Miller v. Alabama that "children...

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