Docket for 14-1248
| No. 14-1248 | |
| Title: |
| Donte Lamar Jones, Petitioner |
| v. |
| Virginia |
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| Docketed: | April 17, 2015 |
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of Virginia |
| Case Nos.: | (131385) |
| Decision Date: | October 31, 2014 |
| Rehearing Denied: | January 15, 2015 |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Apr 15 2015 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 18, 2015) |
| Apr 24 2015 |
Waiver of right of respondent Virginia to respond filed. |
| May 5 2015 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 21, 2015. |
| May 6 2015 |
Response Requested . (Due June 5, 2015) |
| May 27 2015 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including July 10, 2015. |
| Jun 5 2015 |
Brief amici curiae of Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, and American Probation and Parole Association filed. |
| Jul 10 2015 |
Brief of respondent Virginia in opposition filed. |
| Jul 28 2015 |
Reply of petitioner Donte Lamar Jones filed. |
| Jul 29 2015 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 28, 2015. |
| Sep 9 2015 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 28, 2015. |
| Oct 5 2015 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 9, 2015. |
| Feb 8 2016 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 19, 2016. |
| Feb 29 2016 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 4, 2016. |
| Mar 7 2016 |
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Montgomery v. Louisiana, 577 U. S. ___ (2016). Justice Thomas, with whom Justice Alito joins, concurring in the decision to grant, vacate, and remand in this case: The Court has held the petition in this and many other cases pending the decision in Montgomery v. Louisiana, 577 U. S. ___ (2016). In holding this petition and now vacating and remanding the judgment below, the Court has not assessed whether petitioner�s asserted entitlement to retroactive relief �is properly presented in the case.� Id., at ___ (slip op., at 13). On remand, courts should understand that the Court�s disposition of this petition does not reflect any view regarding petitioner�s entitlement to relief. The Court�s disposition does not, for example, address whether an adequate and independent state ground bars relief, whether petitioner forfeited or waived any entitlement to relief (by, for example, entering into a plea agreement waiving any entitlement to relief), or whether petitioner�s sentence actually qualifies as a mandatory life without parole sentence. |
| Apr 8 2016 |
MANDATE ISSUED |
| Apr 8 2016 |
JUDGMENT ISSUED |
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