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THOMAS v. STATE

No. 2013-CA-00371-COA.

130 So.3d 157 (2014)

Arthur THOMAS a/k/a Arthur Ray Thomas, Jr. a/k/a Arthur Ray Thomas, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

January 14, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. McDuff , Sibyl Byrd , Jacob Wayne Howard , Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Stephanie Breland Wood , attorney for appellee.

Before GRIFFIS, P.J., ROBERTS and FAIR, JJ.

FAIR, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Arthur Thomas seeks the retroactive benefit of Miller v. Alabama, ___ U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), and its companion case, Jackson v. Hobbs. In those consolidated cases, the United States Supreme Court held that a sentence of life without parole for juveniles convicted of homicide, without more, violates the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States...

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