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MONTGOMERY v. LOUISIANA

No. 14-280.

136 S.Ct. 718 (2016)

193 L. Ed. 2d 599

Henry MONTGOMERY, Petitioner v. LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 25, 2016.

As Revised January 27, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Bernstein, appointed by this Court, as amicus curiae.

Michael R. Dreeben for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioner.

S. Kyle Duncan, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Mark D. Plaisance, Thibodaux, LA, for Petitioner.

Mark Plaisance, Lindsay Jarrell Blouin, Office of the Public Defender, Thibodaux, LA, Sean Collins, Baton Rouge, LA, Marsha Levick, Emily C. Keller, Jean W. Strout, Philadelphia, PA, Jeffrey J. Pokorak, Boston, MA, for Petitioner.

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Louisiana Attorney General, Trey Phillips, First Assistant, Attorney General, Colin A. Clark, Assistant Attorney General, Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, Hillar C. Moore, III, District Attorney, Dylan C. Alge, Assistant District Attorney, Baton Rouge, LA, S. Kyle Duncan, Duncan PLLC, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

This is another case in a series of decisions involving the sentencing of offenders who were juveniles when their crimes were committed. In Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), the Court held that a juvenile convicted...

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