STATE v. MOORE

No. 2014-0120.

149 Ohio St.3d 557 (2016)

2016-Ohio-8288

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. MOORE, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Gains , Mahoning County Prosecuting Attorney, and Ralph M. Rivera , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Jones Day and Rachel S. Bloomekatz , for appellant.

Timothy Young , Ohio Public Defender, and Stephen P. Hardwick , Assistant Public Defender, urging reversal for amicus curiae Office of the Ohio Public Defender.

Marsha Levick , urging reversal for amicus curiae Juvenile Law Center.

Jenner & Block, L.L.P., Matthew S. Hellman , and Erica L. Ross , urging reversal for amicus curiae Criminal Law Scholars.

Covington & Burling, L.L.P., Anna P. Engh , and Matthew Kudzin , urging reversal for amici curiae James M. Petro, Nancy Hardin Rogers, and Evelyn Lundberg Stratton.

Pinales, Stachler, Young, Burrell & Crouse Co., L.P.A., and Candace C. Crouse , urging reversal for amicus curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Sidley Austin, L.L.P., Joseph R. Guerra , Kwaku A. Akowuah , and Jennifer J. Clark ; and Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., Alycia N. Broz , and Daniel E. Shuey , in support of neither party, for amici curiae Dr. Beatriz Luna, Dr. Charles Alexander Nelson III, Dr. Silvia Bunge, Dr. Adriana Galván, and Dr. Linda Patia Spear.

Ron O'Brien , Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, and Seth L. Gilbert , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association.

FRENCH, J., dissents, with an opinion.


{¶ 1} We decide in this case whether the United States Supreme Court's holding in Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), prohibiting the imposition of sentences of life imprisonment without parole on juvenile nonhomicide...

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