Docket for 15-5004
| No. 15-5004 | |
| Title: |
| Lawrence Jacobs, Petitioner |
| v. |
| Louisiana |
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| Docketed: | June 30, 2015 |
| Lower Ct: | Supreme Court of Louisiana |
| Case Nos.: | (14-KP-1622) |
| Decision Date: | April 17, 2015 |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Jun 19 2015 |
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 30, 2015) |
| Jul 29 2015 |
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 31, 2015. |
| Aug 18 2015 |
Brief of respondent Louisiana in opposition filed. |
| Aug 24 2015 |
Reply of petitioner Lawrence Jacobs filed. |
| Sep 3 2015 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 28, 2015. |
| Oct 5 2015 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 9, 2015. |
| Oct 13 2015 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 16, 2015. |
| Oct 26 2015 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 30, 2015. |
| Feb 8 2016 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 19, 2016. |
| Feb 29 2016 |
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 4, 2016. |
| Mar 7 2016 |
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari 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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