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SONGSTER v. BEARD

Civil Action No. 04-5916.

35 F.Supp.3d 657 (2014)

Kempis SONGSTER v. Jeffrey A. BEARD, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

Signed July 29, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas B. Fox , Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, for Kempis Songster.

J. Hunter Bennett , Thomas W. Dolgenos , District Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, PA, for Jeffrey A. Beard, et al.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

The issue in this § 2254 habeas action is whether the holding in Miller v. Alabama1 that a mandatory life without parole sentence for juvenile homicide defendants is unconstitutional may be applied retroactively to cases on collateral review. The...

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