Supreme Court of Louisiana, 2014

State v. Shaw

State v. Shaw
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided June 20, 2014 · Deny, Johnson, Reasons, Writ
140 So. 3d 1163; 2014 WL 2815823; 2014 La. LEXIS 1388 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

State v. Shaw

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

|, Granted. The court of appeal erred in ordering respondent sentenced under Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), and the district court’s order denying respondent’s Motion to Correct an Illegal Sentence is hereby reinstated. See State v. Tate, 12-2763 (La.11/5/13), 130 So.3d 829, cert. denied, Tate v. Louisiana, No. 13-8915, — U.S. -, 134 S.Ct. 2663, 189 L.Ed.2d 214, 2014 WL 834279 (May 27, 2014).

JOHNSON, C.J., dissents and would deny the writ with reasons.

Dissenting Opinion

JOHNSON, C.J.,

dissents and would deny the writ.

hi respectfully dissent. On June 25, 2012, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion in Miller v. Alabama, which held “that the Eighth Amendment forbids a sentencing scheme that mandates life in prison without the possibility of parole for juvenile offenders.” Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012). In State v. Tate, 2012-2763 (La.11/5/13), 130 So.3d 829, this court held that Miller does not retroactively apply to juvenile offenders whose life sentences were handed down before the Supreme Court issued its opinion. I dissented from this court’s ruling in Tate, finding that Miller announced a new rule of criminal procedure that is substantive and consequently should apply retroactively. For the same reasons expressed in my dissent in Tate, I must dissent in this case.

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