State v. Hart
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, and two counts of armed criminal action for shooting a killing a victim during the second of two robberies he committed when he was seventeen years old. The trial court sentenced Defendant to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murder. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the trial court did not reversibly err in playing Defendant's videotaped interrogation at trial; and (2) Defendant's sentence of life without parole violated the Eighth Amendment because it was imposed without any opportunity for the sentencing court to consider whether this punishment was appropriate in light of Defendant's age, maturity, and other factors discussed in Miller v. Alabama. Remanded.
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