State of Arizona v. Martin Raul Soto-Fong

Summary

The court held that consecutive sentences for multiple crimes do not violate the Eighth Amendment merely because their aggregate length exceeds a juvenile's life expectancy. The court concluded that the governing juvenile-sentencing precedents address single-crime sentences and do not extend to aggregated consecutive sentences, so they did not constitute a significant change in law supporting post-conviction relief. The court affirmed the lower courts' decisions and denied resentencing.