| No. 08-7412 | ||||
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| Docketed: | November 26, 2008 | |||
| Lower Ct: | District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District |
| Case Nos.: | (1D06-3190) |
| Decision Date: | April 10, 2008 |
| Rehearing Denied: | May 16, 2008 |
| Discretionary Court | |
| Decision Date: | August 22, 2008 |
| Questions Presented |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Nov 20 2008 | Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 29, 2008) |
| Dec 1 2008 | Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed. |
| Dec 11 2008 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2009. |
| Dec 15 2008 | Response Requested . (Due January 14, 2009) |
| Jan 22 2009 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 13, 2009. |
| Feb 3 2009 | Brief of respondent Florida in opposition filed. |
| Feb 19 2009 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 6, 2009. |
| Apr 2 2009 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 17, 2009. |
| Apr 20 2009 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 24, 2009. |
| Apr 27 2009 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 1, 2009. |
| May 4 2009 | Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. |
| May 20 2009 | Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner Terrance Jamar Gr (CL Page 162) |
| Jun 3 2009 | The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 16, 2009. |
| Jun 3 2009 | The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 14, 2009. |
| Jun 17 2009 | Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2009. |
| Jul 7 2009 | Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in the support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. VIDED. |
| Jul 16 2009 | Joint appendix filed (three volumes with motion to seal no. III.) (Statement of costs received). |
| Jul 16 2009 | Brief of petitioner Terrance Jamar Graham filed. |
| Jul 20 2009 | Motion for leave to file Volume III of the joint appendix under seal filed by petitioner Terrance Jamar Graham. |
| Jul 22 2009 | Brief amici curiae of Amnesty International, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2009 | Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2009 | Brief amicus curiae of Disability Rights Legal Center filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2009 | Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2009 | Brief amici curiae of Former Juvenile Offenders Charles S. Dutton, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2009 | Brief amicus curiae of The Sentencing Project filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2009 | Brief amici curiae of Educators, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2009 | Brief amici curiae of American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2009 | Brief amicus curiae of Center on Administration of Criminal Law filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2009 | Brief amici curiae of Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2009 | Brief amici curiae of Mothers Against Murderers Association, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2009 | Brief amici curiae of J. Lawrence Aber, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2009 | Brief amici curiae of American Psychological Association, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2009 | Brief amici curiae of American Medical Association, et al. in support of neither party filed. VIDED. |
| Jul 23 2009 | Brief amici curiae of Juvenile Law Center, et al. filed. VIDED. |
| Aug 17 2009 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, November 9, 2009 |
| Aug 17 2009 | CIRCULATED. |
| Sep 4 2009 | Motion for leave to file Volume III of the joint appendix under seal GRANTED. |
| Sep 10 2009 | Record received from District Court of Appeals of Florida, 1st District. (1 box) |
| Sep 14 2009 | Brief of respondent Florida filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 18 2009 | Brief amici curiae of Solidarity Center for Law and Justice, P.C., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Sep 21 2009 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Sep 21 2009 | Brief amici curiae of Sixteen Members of the United States House of Representatives filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Sep 21 2009 | Brief amicus curiae of National District Attorneys Association filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Sep 21 2009 | Brief amici curiae of National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Lifers, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Sep 21 2009 | Brief amici curiae of Louisiana, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Sep 21 2009 | Brief amicus curiae of Criminal Justice Legal Foundation filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Oct 5 2009 | Motion to appoint counsel filed by petitioner GRANTED. Bryan S. Gowdy, Esquire, of Jacksonville, Florida, is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case. |
| Oct 14 2009 | Reply of petitioner Terrance Jamar Graham filed. (Distributed) |
| Nov 9 2009 | Argued. For petitioner: Bryan S. Gowdy, Jacksonville, Fla. (Appointed by this Court.) For respondent: Scott D. Makar, Solicitor General, Tallahassee, Fla. |
| May 17 2010 | Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Ginsburg and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Roberts, C. J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Scalia, J., joined, and in which Alito, J., joined as to Parts I and III. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion. |
| Jun 18 2010 | MANDATE ISSUED. |
| Jun 18 2010 | Record returned to the District Court of Florida, First District. 1-envelope |
| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | ||
| Bryan S. Gowdy | Creed & Gowdy, P. A. | (904)-350-0075 |
| Counsel of Record | 865 May Street | |
| Jacksonville, FL 32204 | ||
| bgowdy@appellate-firm.com | ||
| Party name: Terrance Jamar Graham | ||
| John S. Mills | The Mills Firm PA | (904) 765-0897 |
| 203 North Gadsden St., Suite 1A | ||
| Tallahassee, FL 32201 | ||
| jmills@mills-appeals.com | ||
| Party name: Terrance Jamar Graham | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent: | ||
| Scott D. Makar | Solicitor General | (850) 414-3300 |
| Counsel of Record | Office of Attorney General of Florida | |
| The Capitol,Suite PL-01 | ||
| Tallahassee, FL 32399 | ||
| scott.makar@myfloridalegal.com | ||
| Party name: Florida | ||
| Edward C. Hill Jr. | Special Counsel Criminal Appeals | (850) 414-3300 |
| Office of the Attorney General | ||
| PL-01 The Capitol | ||
| Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050 | ||
| Party name: Florida | ||
| Other: | ||
| Anthony T. Caso | Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | (714) 628-2666 |
| c/o Dale E. Fowler School of Law at Chapman University | ||
| One University Drive | ||
| Orange, CA 92886 | ||
| caso@chapman.edu | ||
| Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | ||
| Constance De la Vega | University of San Francisco School of Law | (415) 422-2296 |
| Frank C. Newman International Human Rights Law Clinic | ||
| 2130 Fulton Street | ||
| San Francisco, CA 94117 | ||
| delavega@usfca.edu | ||
| Party name: Amnesty International, et al. | ||
| Michael B. de Leeuw | Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP | (212) 859-8000 |
| One New York Plaza | ||
| New York, NY 10004 | ||
| Michael.deLeeuw@friedfrank.com | ||
| Party name: American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, et al. | ||
| David W. DeBruin | Jenner & Block LLP | (202) 639-6000 |
| 1099 New York Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Suite 900 | ||
| Washington, DC 20001 | ||
| ddebruin@jenner.com | ||
| Party name: Former Juvenile Offenders Charles S. Dutton, et al. | ||
| Kyle Duncan | Appellate Chief | (225) 326-6716 |
| Louisiana Department of Justice | ||
| P.O. Box 94005 | ||
| Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005 | ||
| DuncanK@ag.state.la.us | ||
| Party name: Louisiana, et al. | ||
| Michael P. Farris | Home School Legal Defense Association | (540) 338-5600 |
| One Patrick Henry Circle | ||
| Purcellville, VA 20132 | ||
| michaelfarris@hslda.org | ||
| Party name: Sixteen Members of the United States House of Representatives | ||
| John J. Gibbons | Gibbons PC | (973) 596-4500 |
| One Gateway Center | ||
| Newark, NJ 07102 | ||
| jgibbons@gibbonslaw.com | ||
| Party name: Educators, et al. | ||
| Shannon Lee Goessling | Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc. | (770) 977-2131 |
| 2255 Sewell Mill Rd., Suite 320 | ||
| Marietta, GA 30062 | ||
| shannon@southeasternlegal.org | ||
| Party name: National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Lifers, et al. | ||
| Corrine A. Irish | Holland & Knight LLP | (212) 513-3200 |
| 195 Broadway, 24th Floor | ||
| New York, NY 10007 | ||
| corrine.irish@hklaw.com | ||
| Party name: Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators, et al. | ||
| James Patrick Kelly | Solidarity Center for Law and Justice, P.C. | (678) 231-1209 |
| Five Concourse Pkwy., Suite 200 | ||
| Atlanta, GA 30328 | ||
| Party name: Solidarity Center for Law and Justice, P.C., et al. | ||
| Michelle Teresa Leighton | University of San Francisco School of Law | (415) 422-3330 |
| 2130 Fulton St. | ||
| San Francisco, CA 94117 | ||
| mleighton@usfca.edu | ||
| Party name: Amnesty International, et al. | ||
| Marsha L. Levick | Juvenile Law Center | (800) 875-8887 |
| 1315 Walnut Street | ||
| 4th Floor | ||
| Philadelphia, PA 19107 | ||
| mlevick@jlc.org | ||
| Party name: Juvenile Law Center, et al. | ||
| Stephen M. Nickelsburg | Clifford Chance US LLP | (202) 912-5000 |
| 2001 K Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20006-1001 | ||
| steve.nickelsburg@cliffordchance.com | ||
| Party name: J. Lawrence Aber, et al. | ||
| Shannon M. Pazur | O'Melveny & Myers | (202)-383-5300 |
| 1625 Eye Street, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| Party name: The Sentencing Project | ||
| E. Joshua Rosenkranz | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | (212) 506-5380 |
| 51 West 52nd Street | ||
| New York, NY 10019-6142 | ||
| jrosenkranz@orrick.com | ||
| Party name: American Medical Association, et al. | ||
| Gene Schaerr | Winston & Strawn LLP | (202) 282-5000 |
| 1700 K Street, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| gschaerr@winston.com | ||
| Party name: National District Attorneys Association | ||
| Kent S. Scheidegger | Criminal Justice Legal Foundation | (916) 446-0345 |
| 2131 L Street | ||
| Sacramento, CA 95816 | ||
| brfs@cjlf.org | ||
| Party name: Criminal Justice Legal Foundation | ||
| Neil Michael Soltman | Mayer, Brown LLP | (213) 229-9500 |
| 350 South Grand Ave. | ||
| Los Angeles, CA 90071 | ||
| nsoltman@mayerbrown.com | ||
| Party name: Disability Rights Legal Center | ||
| Vincent M. Southerland | 99 Hudson Street, Suite 1600 | (212)-965-2260 |
| New York, NY 10013 | ||
| vsoutherland@naacpldf.org | ||
| Party name: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. | ||
| Danielle Spinelli | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | (202) 663-6000 |
| 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW | ||
| Washington, DC 20006 | ||
| danielle.spinelli@wilmerhale.com | ||
| Party name: American Psychological Association, et al. | ||
| Angela C. Vigil | Baker & McKenzie LLP | (305) 789-8904 |
| Sabadell Financial Center | ||
| 1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1700 | ||
| Miami, FL 33131 | ||
| angela.vigil@bakermckenzie.com | ||
| Party name: Mothers Against Murderers Association, et al. | ||
| H. Thomas Wells Jr. | President | (312) 988-5000 |
| American Bar Association | ||
| 321 N. Clark Street | ||
| Chicago, IL 60654 | ||
| Party name: American Bar Association | ||
| Richard K. Willard | Steptoe & Johnson LLP | (202) 429-3000 |
| 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. | ||
| Washington, DC 20036 | ||
| Party name: Center on Administration of Criminal Law | ||