STATE v. RILEY

No. 19109.

110 A.3d 1205 (2015)

315 Conn. 637

STATE of Connecticut v. Ackeem RILEY.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 10, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adele V. Patterson , senior assistant public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Melissa Patterson , assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Gail P. Hardy , state's attorney, John F. Fahey , senior assistant state's attorney, and Kathryn W. Bare , assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

William M. Bloss and Sean K. McElligott , Bridgeport, filed a brief for the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance et al. as amici curiae.

ROGERS, C.J., and PALMER, ZARELLA, EVELEIGH, McDONALD, ESPINOSA and ROBINSON, Js.


In a recent trilogy of cases, the United States Supreme Court fundamentally altered the legal landscape for the sentencing of juvenile offenders1 to comport with the ban on cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment to the federal constitution. The...

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