1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. P.3d
  4. 225 P.3d
  5. 225 P.3d 1146 (2010)
 

STATE v. PIERCE

No. 1 CA-CR 08-0715.

225 P.3d 1146 (2010)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. John Balla PIERCE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department A.

January 21, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Goddard, Attorney General By Kent E. Cattani, Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals/Capital Litigation Section and William S. Simon, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellee.

James J. Haas, Maricopa County Public Defender By Terry J. Adams, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellant.

OPINION

PORTLEY, Judge.

¶ 1 In this opinion we address whether the natural life sentence for John Balla Pierce, who was sixteen at the time he committed first-degree murder, violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Because we find no constitutional violation, we affirm.1

BACKGROUND2

¶ 2 Pierce, Michael Carey, Angel Smiley,...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases