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STATE v. WILLIAMS-BEY

(SC 19954).

215 A.3d 711 (2019)

333 Conn. 468

STATE of Connecticut v. Tauren WILLIAMS-BEY.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released August 23, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather Clark , assigned counsel, for the appellant (defendant).

Michele C. Lukban , senior assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Gail P. Hardy , state's attorney, and Vicki Melchiorre , supervisory assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

George Jepsen , former attorney general, Steven R. Strom , assistant attorney general, and Leland J. Moore filed a brief for the Connecticut Board of Pardons and Paroles as amicus curiae.

S. Max Simmons and Marsha L. Levick filed a brief for the Juvenile Law Center as amicus curiae.

Michael S. Taylor and James P. Sexton , Hartford, filed a brief for the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

Palmer, McDonald, D'Auria, Mullins, Kahn and Ecker, Js.

Under the federal constitution's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments, a juvenile offender cannot serve a sentence of imprisonment for life, or its functional equivalent, without the possibility of parole, unless his age and the hallmarks of adolescence have been considered as mitigating factors. Miller v. Alabama,...

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