Resources

Resentencing- Youth in Adult Court

Sample 6164 Letter Short

Thanks to Jeff Ellis for this short Sample 6164 Letter.

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White Paper on Science of Late Adolescence (2022)

This resource is not a brief but a resource to use in your brief. This White Paper is written to help attorneys and judges understand and apply the science of late adolescent brain development.

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Sample Resentencing Memo – 6164 (2022)

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6164 Late Adolescent with SUD (2020)

Thanks to Jeff Ellis for this Sample 6164 request.

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6164 – Adolescent client-accomplice-burglary (2021)

Thanks to Jeff Ellis for this Sample 6164 request.

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6164 Petition – Late Adolescent Extraordinary Rehab

Thanks to Jeff Ellis for this sample letter to the prosecutor re 6164 Petition.

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Amicus Brief, State v. Asaria Miller (3.2022)

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Amicus In re Asaria Miller Resentencing – Youth, Racial Disparity

This Amicus Brief argues that courts should adopt a per se prejudice standard in post conviction relief for youth of color and highlights the disparate treatment and adultification of youth of color.

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Sample Motion to Resentence and apply Houston Sconiers (St v. Nobles)(2018)

Willie Nobles was 18 in 1997 when the State prosecuted him for first degree murder and 4 counts of assault 1. The court imposed 1,180 months. In 2018, the Court of Appeals remanded his case for a resentencing hearing. This defense...

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Sample PRP- Resentencing of Youth (Suarez)(11.2020)

This PRP brief argues that a youth prosecuted and sentenced in adult court is entitled to resentencing based on the retroactive change in the law following State v. Houston-Sconiers. Thanks to Jeff Ellis for this brief.

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