Opinion
2013-02-20
STATE of Connecticut v. Ackeem RILEY.
Heather M. Wood, assistant public defender, in support of the petition. Melissa Patterson, assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
Heather M. Wood, assistant public defender, in support of the petition. Melissa Patterson, assistant state's attorney, in opposition.
The defendant's petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 140 Conn.App. 1, 58 A.3d 304, is granted, limited to the following issue:
“Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the juvenile defendant's total sentence of 100 years imprisonment was properly imposed under the eighth amendment to the United States constitution as interpreted by Miller v. Alabama, ––– U.S. ––––, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), and Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010)?”