Toca v. Louisiana
Case dismissed, pursuant to Rule 46, on February 3, 2015
| Docket No. |
Op. Below | Argument |
Opinion |
Vote |
Author |
Term |
| 14-6381 |
La. |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
Per Curiam |
OT 2014 |
Holding: Case on whether the Court’s 2012 decision in Miller v. Alabama, holding that the Constitution prohibits a mandatory sentence of life without parole for a defendant who was under the age of eighteen at the time of the crime, dismissed as moot after a settlement that included the inmate’s release from prison.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
|---|
| Sep 18 2014 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 23, 2014) |
| Sep 29 2014 | Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed. |
| Oct 16 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 31, 2014. |
| Nov 3 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 7, 2014. |
| Nov 5 2014 | Record Requested. |
| Nov 10 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 14, 2014. |
| Nov 17 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 25, 2014. |
| Nov 20 2014 | Record received from the Supreme Court of Louisiana. The record is electronic. |
| Dec 1 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 5, 2014. |
| Dec 8 2014 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 12, 2014. |
| Dec 12 2014 | Motion to proceed in forma pauperis GRANTED. Petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED limited to the following questions: 1) Does the rule announced in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U. S. ____ (2012), apply retroactively to this case? 2) Is a federal question raised by a claim that a state collateral review court erroneously failed to find a Teague exception?. |
| Jan 7 2015 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
| Jan 26 2015 | Brief of petitioner George Toca filed. |
| Jan 26 2015 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed.) |
| Feb 2 2015 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, March 30, 2015 |
| Feb 2 2015 | Stipulation to dismiss the writ of certiorari pursuant to Rule 46 received. |
| Feb 3 2015 | Petition Dismissed - Rule 46. |
