{"id":4489,"date":"2014-12-02T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=4489"},"modified":"2014-11-30T17:37:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T23:37:08","slug":"u-s-supreme-court-case-miller-v-alabama-serves-cornerstone-issue-whether-punish-juveniles-crimes-adult-courts-sentencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/u-s-supreme-court-case-miller-v-alabama-serves-cornerstone-issue-whether-punish-juveniles-crimes-adult-courts-sentencing\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Supreme Court Case Miller v. Alabama Serves as the Cornerstone for the Issue of Whether to Punish Juveniles for Crimes in Adult Courts and Sentencing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In July 2003, Evan Miller and Colby Smith killed Cole Cannon by beating Cannon with a baseball bat and burning his trailer. Cannon was inside. At the time, Miller was 14 years old. After Miller\u2019s arrest, he was transferred from Lawrence County Juvenile Court to Lawrence County Circuit Court to be tried as an adult for capital murder. In 2006, a grand jury indicted Miller. At trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The trial sentenced Miller to a mandatory term of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n<p>Miller filed a post-trial motion for a new trial. He argued that the sentencing of a 14-year-old defendant to life without the possibility of parole constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution\">Eighth Amendment<\/a>. The trial judge denied the motion. Miller appealed to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, which affirmed the lower court\u2019s decision. The Supreme Court of Alabama denied Miller\u2019s petition for writ of certiorari.<\/p>\n<p>There was a companion case in whih the petitioner was also 14 years old at the time. He had robbed a local movie store in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blytheville,_Arkansas\">Blytheville<\/a>, Ark., which led to the murder of the store clerk. There were three boys involved; all were 14 years old at the time. After a trial for the murder of the store clerk, one defendant was tried and convicted of capital murder and aggravated robbery. The trial court sentenced him to a mandatory term of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/u-s-supreme-court-case-miller-v-alabama-serves-cornerstone-issue-whether-punish-juveniles-crimes-adult-courts-sentencing\/#more-4489\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In July 2003, Evan Miller and Colby Smith killed Cole Cannon by beating Cannon with a baseball bat and burning his trailer. Cannon was inside. At the time, Miller was 14 years old. 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