People v. Boykin
Held that trial courts must consider a juvenile defendant’s youth to be a mitigating factor when sentencing them to term-of-years sentence, but declined to require trial courts to articulate on the record how a defendant’s youth affected the decision
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State Court Oral Arguments to Watch for in April
Issues on the dockets include ranked-choice voting, de facto life sentences, so-called “shadow” foster care, and defamation against a drag performer.