State v. Taylor G.

Summary

Justice Eveleigh dissented from the majority’s conclusion that the defendant’s mandatory minimum sentences did not violate the Eighth Amendment. The dissent would have held that juvenile status requires individualized, fully discretionary sentencing, including authority to depart below a mandatory minimum, regardless of the offense or sentence length. Justice Eveleigh, dissenting, would have remanded for resentencing because the trial court was prevented from considering the defendant’s youth and circumstances in imposing a lesser sentence.