Witman V. Pennsylvania

Petition for Certiorari

A party decided to to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to hear the Witman v. Pennsylvania case (trying the Court grants the party a writ of certiorari).

Issue

Before the Court, the following issue was questioned (text from scotusblog):Whether Miller v. Alabama established a categorical ban on imposing a type of punishment – a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole – on a class of individuals – juvenile offenders – and therefore stated a substantive rule that should be applied retroactively.

Details

Docket

The Court gives, in its calendar of cases scheduled, the following docket number to the Witman v. Pennsylvania case: 13-1264. This Supreme Court's docket shows all the official actions in the Witman v. Pennsylvania case.