State v. Taylor
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first degree murder and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony. Defendant was seventeen years old at the time of the offenses. Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment for the first degree murder conviction. On appeal, Defendant argued, among other things, that his sentence of life imprisonment was unconstitutional under Miller v. Alabama, which was decided while Defendant’s appeal was pending. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s convictions but vacated Defendant’s sentence for first degree murder, holding that the sentence of life imprisonment was unconstitutional under Miller. Remanded for resentencing.
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