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MARTIN v. SYMMES

No. 13-3676.

782 F.3d 939 (2015)

LaMonte Rydell MARTIN, Petitioner-Appellant v. Jessica SYMMES, Warden, Oak Park Heights Facility, Minnesota, Defendant-Appellee Juvenile Law Center; Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth; Children's Law Center of Los Angeles; Council on Crime and Justice; Defender Association of Philadelphia; Isaiah; Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana; Juvenile Justice Initiative; Legal Rights Center; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Center for Youth Law; National Juvenile Defender Center; National Juvenile Justice Network; National Legal Aid & Defender Association; The Orleans Public Defenders; The Pacific Juvenile Defender Center; The Public Defender Service for the; Rutgers School of Law-Camden Children's Justice Clinic; San Francisco Office of the Public Defender; Youth Law Center; Stephen K. Harper; Kristin Henning; Frank Vandervort, Amici on Behalf of Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed April 6, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan Allen Stevenson, argued, Montgomery, AL, Zachary Allen Longsdorf, on the brief, Inver Grove Heights, MN, for appellant.

Lee W. Barry, argued and on the brief, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.

Marsha L. Levick, Philadelphia, PA, on the brief, for Amicus.

Before MURPHY, MELLOY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

A Minnesota jury convicted LaMonte Rydell Martin of first-degree murder, committed at age 17. Martin received a mandatory life sentence without possibility of release. The Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed and also rejected a challenge to the jury's composition under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79

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