Jones v. Mississippi, USSC No. 18-1259, certiorari granted 3/9/20.
Question presented:
Whether the Eighth Amendment requires the sentencing authority to make a finding that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible before imposing a sentence of life without parole.
On February 26th, SCOTUS dismissed Randall Mathena, Warden v. Lee Boyd Malvo, USSC No. 18-217, which raised the same issue. Jones is a replacement case for Malvo. See our analysis of the issue in our post on Malvo here.
McKinney v. Arizona, USSC No. 18-1109, certiorari granted 6/10/19
1. Whether the Arizona Supreme Court was required to apply current law when weighing mitigating and aggravating evidence to determine whether a death sentence is warranted
2. Whether the correction of error under Eddings v. Oklahoma, 455 U.S. 104 (1982), requires resentencing.
Kansas v. Glover, USSC No. 18-556, certiorari granted 4/1/19
Whether, for purposes of an investigative stop under the Fourth Amendment, it is reasonable for an officer to suspect that the registered owner of a vehicle is the one driving the vehicle absent any information to the contrary.
Evangelisto Ramos v. Louisiana, USSC No. 18-5924, certiorari granted 3/18/19
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment fully incorporates the Sixth Amendment
guarantee of a unanimous verdict?
