Ventry v. State (Majority)
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court sentencing Defendant to life imprisonment after a resentencing hearing, holding that no prejudicial error occurred.
Defendant, who was seventeen when he committed the offenses, was convicted of capital murder and aggravated robbery and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. After the United States Supreme Court decided Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012), Defendant's sentence was vacated and a resentencing hearing was held. The trial court subsequently imposed a life sentence. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the trial court did not err or abuse its discretion.
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