Williams v. State
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The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the decision of the district court dismissing as untimely and successive Defendant's motion filed under Kan. Stat. Ann. 60-1507, holding that the court was correct to dismiss the motion as untimely.
Defendant was convicted in 2000 of premeditated murder, aggravated robbery, and aggravated burglary for acts he committed when he was fourteen years old. The district court sentenced Defendant to two concurrent life sentences without the possibility of parole for fifty years. Defendant later filed his section 60-1507 motion, arguing that the scheme under which he was sentenced violated the Eighth Amendment. The district court dismissed the motion. The court of appeals reversed, concluding that Defendant's motion was subject to an exception to the prohibition on successive motions. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that Defendant's sentencing scheme satisfied the constitutional requirements of Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012), and therefore, it was unnecessary to consider Defendant's motion to prevent manifest injustice.
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