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STATE v. McCLEESE

(SC 20081).

215 A.3d 1154 (2019)

333 Conn. 378

STATE of Connecticut v. William MCCLEESE.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released August 23, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adele V. Patterson , senior assistant public defender, with whom was Beth A. Merkin , public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Melissa Patterson , deputy assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Patrick J. Griffin , state's attorney, and Matthew A. Weiner and Lisa M. D'Angelo , assistant state's attorneys, for the appellee (state).

Kim E. Rinehart , New Haven, filed a brief for the Connecticut Psychiatric Society as amicus curiae.

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

Under the federal constitution's prohibition of 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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