{"id":3653,"date":"2021-05-06T10:09:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T17:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2021-05-06T10:22:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T17:22:57","slug":"dumping-a-dishonest-precedent-less-than-honestly-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3653","title":{"rendered":"Dumping a Dishonest Precedent Less Than Honestly &#8212; Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/20pdf\/18-1259_8njq.pdf\"><em>Jones<\/em> v. <em>Mississippi<\/em><\/a>, decided April 22, the U.S. Supreme Court held that in cases where a juvenile is facing life without parole (LWOP) for murder, all that is needed to comply with its 2012 precedent in <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandconsequences.blog\/files\/MillerAla2012.pdf\"><em>Miller<\/em> v. <em>Alabama<\/em><\/a> is for the sentencing court to have discretion to choose a lower sentence and consider the defendant&#8217;s youth in making the choice.<\/p>\n<p>That would have been fairly straightforward based on <em>Miller<\/em> itself. The complications arose from the 2016 decision in <a href=\"https:\/\/crimeandconsequences.blog\/files\/MontgomeryLa2016.pdf\"><em>Montgomery<\/em> v. <em>Louisiana<\/em><\/a>, making <em>Miller<\/em> retroactive so as to require resentencing for a 1963 murder. The problem, as explained at length in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3583\">previous post<\/a>, is that <em>Montgomery<\/em> contradicted <em>Miller <\/em>in order to achieve that result, and <em>Montgomery<\/em> even contradicted itself, making statements that cannot be reconciled.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Jones<\/em>, the majority opinion joined by five Justices and the dissent joined by three have many sharp points of disagreement, but they agree on one thing. Both maintain the fiction that <em>Montgomery<\/em> is consistent with <em>Miller<\/em>. As a result, neither opinion&#8217;s analysis can possibly be completely correct, and neither is.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>And then there was one. Justice Thomas agreed with the majority on the result but not the reasoning. He wrote a solo opinion &#8220;concurring in the judgment&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Court correctly holds that the Eighth Amendment does not require a finding that a minor be permanently incorrigible as a prerequisite to a sentence of life without parole. But in reaching that result, the majority adopts a strained reading of <em>Montgomery<\/em> v. <em>Louisiana<\/em>, 577 U. S. 190 (2016), instead of outright admitting that it is irreconcilable with <em>Miller<\/em> v. <em>Alabama<\/em>, 567 U. S. 460 (2012)\u2014and the Constitution. The better approach is to be patently clear that <em>Montgomery<\/em> was a \u201cdemonstrably erroneous\u201d decision worthy of outright rejection. [Citation.]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed it is. But the better approach is the road not taken in this case, so let&#8217;s look at the road actually taken. Rough pavement ahead.<\/p>\n<p>The majority opinion by Justice Kavanaugh begins correctly:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Under <em>Miller<\/em> v. <em>Alabama<\/em>, 567 U. S. 460 (2012), an individual who commits a homicide when he or she is under 18 may be sentenced to life without parole, but only if the sentence is not mandatory and the sentencer therefore has discretion to impose a lesser punishment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That is a correct statement of <em>Miller<\/em>&#8216;s narrow holding. Also, significantly, Justice Kavanaugh refers to the adolescent murderers in these cases as &#8220;individual[s] &#8230; under 18,&#8221; and not &#8220;children&#8221; as the <em>Miller<\/em> and <em>Montgomery<\/em> opinions did. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3539\">this post<\/a>. Next the majority summarizes the defendant&#8217;s argument:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Jones argues, however, that a sentencer\u2019s discretion to impose a sentence less than life without parole does not alone satisfy <em>Miller<\/em>. Jones contends that a sentencer who imposes a life-without-parole sentence must also make a separate factual finding that the defendant is permanently incorrigible, or at least provide an on-the-record sentencing explanation with an implicit finding that the defendant is permanently incorrigible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The majority rejects this argument. In support, the opinion cites the statements in <em>Miller<\/em> noted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3583\">previous post<\/a> that it imposed <em>only<\/em> a process requirement and that it did not impose a categorical bar, as well as the statement in <em>Montgomery<\/em> that no finding of fact was required. All well and good. All true and on point. But how does the majority deal with the parts of <em>Montgomery<\/em> that contradict those statements? That&#8217;s where it gets dicey. The majority says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In short, <em>Miller<\/em> followed the Court\u2019s many death penalty cases and required that a sentencer consider youth as a mitigating factor when deciding whether to impose a life-without-parole sentence. <em>Miller<\/em> did not require the sentencer to make a separate finding of permanent incorrigibility before imposing such a sentence. And <em>Montgomery<\/em> did not purport to add to <em>Miller<\/em>\u2019s requirements.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Footnote omitted, but I will return to it.)<\/p>\n<p>But <em>Montgomery <\/em><strong>did<\/strong> add to <em>Miller<\/em>&#8216;s requirements, even while denying it was doing so. <em>Montgomery<\/em> says at page 208 that <em>Miller<\/em> &#8220;rendered life without parole an unconstitutional penalty for &#8216;a class of defendants because of their status&#8217; &#8221; despite <em>Miller<\/em>&#8216;s own statements that it required only a process and did not impose a categorical bar. So which controls? <em>Montgomery<\/em>&#8216;s disclaimer that it is not adding anything to <em>Miller<\/em> or <em>Montgomery<\/em>&#8216;s addition to <em>Miller<\/em> by &#8220;interpreting&#8221; (in the loosest possible sense of the word) that decision to impose a requirement that it unequivocally said it was not imposing?<\/p>\n<p>The majority tries to cover the contradiction, but it shows through like a stain on the wall through a thin coat of paint. The critical paragraph is on pages 11-12 of the slip opinion. Let&#8217;s take it piece by piece.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>To break it down further: <em>Miller<\/em> required a discretionary sentencing procedure. The Court stated that a mandatory life-without-parole sentence for an offender under 18 \u201cposes too great a risk of disproportionate punishment.\u201d 567 U. S., at 479.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Again, a correct statement if <em>Miller<\/em>&#8216;s narrow holding<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Despite the procedural function of <em>Miller<\/em>\u2019s rule, <em>Montgomery<\/em> held that the <em>Miller<\/em> rule was substantive for retroactivity purposes and therefore applied retroactively on collateral review. 577 U. S., at 206, 212. [Footnote 4, quoted and discussed below.]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Despite<em>.<\/em>&#8221; <\/strong>With that word, Justice Kavanaugh reveals a serious doubt, at least, as to whether <em>Montgomery<\/em> was correctly decided. Perhaps this is something he knows but could not get a majority to agree to. Is this an inadvertent slip on his part, or is this hint the most he could get in while holding his majority? No matter; it&#8217;s there.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>But in making the rule retroactive, the <em>Montgomery<\/em> Court unsurprisingly declined to impose new requirements not already imposed by <em>Miller<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Again, the difference between what <em>Montgomery<\/em> said it was doing versus what it was actually doing is glossed over.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As <em>Montgomery<\/em> itself explained, the Court granted certiorari in that case not to consider whether the rule announced in <em>Miller<\/em> should be expanded, but rather simply to decide whether <em>Miller<\/em>\u2019s \u201cholding is retroactive to juvenile offenders whose convictions and sentences were final when <em>Miller<\/em> was decided.\u201d 577 U. S., at 194.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But that question would have been answered &#8220;no&#8221; if <em>Montgomery<\/em> had admitted that <em>Miller<\/em> was the purely procedural rule that <em>Miller<\/em> itself said it was and that the <em>Jones<\/em> majority now says it was. Instead it was answered &#8220;yes.&#8221; The <em>Jones<\/em> majority does not resolve the contradiction.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On the question of what <em>Miller<\/em> required, <em>Montgomery<\/em> was clear: \u201cA hearing where youth and its attendant characteristics are considered as sentencing factors is necessary to separate those juveniles who may be sentenced to life without parole from those who may not.\u201d <em>Id<\/em>., at 210 (internal quotation marks omitted). But a separate finding of permanent incorrigibility \u201cis not required.\u201d <em>Id<\/em>., at 211.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, <em>Montgomery<\/em> does clearly say that, and it just as clearly says that permanent incorrigibility is a substantive requirement for a valid LWOP sentence for a juvenile, an irreconcilable requirement.<\/p>\n<p>There is one more inconsistency in <em>Montgomery<\/em>. The opinion consistently refers to the sentencer (normally the trial judge) not the finder of fact on guilt (normally the jury) as the decision maker on this point. But if &#8220;permanent incorrigibility&#8221; were a required factor to be <em>eligible<\/em> for LWOP, rather than just a factor to be weighed in the balance, the rule of <a href=\"https:\/\/tile.loc.gov\/storage-services\/service\/ll\/usrep\/usrep536\/usrep536584\/usrep536584.pdf\"><em>Ring<\/em> v. <em>Arizona<\/em><\/a> would require that it be found by the jury. This was noted in CJLF&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjlf.org\/program\/briefs\/JonesB_cjlf1.pdf\">brief<\/a>, and it appears in footnote 3 of the opinion.<\/p>\n<p>But if <em>Miller<\/em> is now back to a purely procedural rule and purely procedural rules are not retroactive under <em>Teague<\/em>, wouldn&#8217;t the Court have to either modify the <em>Teague<\/em> rule or overrule <em>Montgomery<\/em>? No. Why not? The Court&#8217;s answer, in essence, is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YWyCCJ6B2WE\">Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain<\/a>.&#8221; Here is footnote 4 (emphasis added):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As the Court has stated in cases both before and after <em>Montgomery<\/em>, the Court determines whether a rule is substantive or procedural for retroactivity purposes \u201cby considering the function of the rule\u201d itself\u2014not \u201cby asking whether the constitutional right underlying the new rule is substantive or procedural.\u201d <em>Welch<\/em> v. <em>United States<\/em>, 578 U. S. 120, 130\u2013131 (2016). For purposes of <em>Teague<\/em> v. <em>Lane<\/em>, 489 U. S. 288 (1989), a rule is procedural if it regulates \u201c \u2018only the manner of determining the defendant\u2019s culpability.\u2019 \u201d <em>Welch<\/em>, 578 U. S., at 129 (quoting <em>Schriro<\/em> v. <em>Summerlin<\/em>, 542 U. S. 348, 353 (2004); emphasis deleted). A rule is substantive and applies retroactively on collateral review, by contrast, if it \u201c \u2018alters the range of conduct or the class of persons that the law punishes.\u2019 \u201d <em>Welch<\/em>, 578 U. S., at 129 (quoting Summerlin, 542 U. S., at 353). As the Court\u2019s post-<em>Montgomery<\/em> decision in <em>Welch<\/em> already indicates, <strong>to the extent that <em>Montgomery<\/em>\u2019s application of the <em>Teague<\/em> standard is in tension with the Court\u2019s retroactivity precedents that both pre-date and postdate <em>Montgomery<\/em>, those retroactivity precedents\u2014and not <em>Montgomery<\/em>\u2014must guide the determination of whether rules other than <em>Miller<\/em> are substantive<\/strong>. See <em>Welch<\/em>, 578 U. S. 120; <em>Summerlin<\/em>, 542 U. S. 348; <em>Lambrix<\/em> v. <em>Singletary<\/em>, 520 U. S. 518 (1997); <em>Saffle<\/em> v. <em>Parks<\/em>, 494 U. S. 484 (1990). To be clear, however, our decision today does not disturb <em>Montgomery<\/em>\u2019s holding that <em>Miller<\/em> applies retroactively on collateral review. By now, most offenders who could seek collateral review as a result of <em>Montgomery<\/em> have done so and, if eligible, have received new discretionary sentences under <em>Miller<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I suggested myself, in CJLF&#8217;s brief, that the Court could undercut <em>Montgomery<\/em>&#8216;s reasoning without overruling its holding, and the holding would become moot after all the pre-<em>Miller<\/em> cases were resolved or defaulted. But I did not think that <em>Montgomery<\/em>&#8216;s application of <em>Teague<\/em> was in any tension with the other <em>Teague<\/em> cases. Once <em>Montgomery<\/em> misstated <em>Miller<\/em>&#8216;s holding as a substantive rule, the application of <em>Teague<\/em> became straightforward.<\/p>\n<p>By not admitting that <em>Montgomery<\/em> misstated <em>Miller<\/em>&#8216;s holding, the Court might raise the possibility that the not-overruled <em>Montgomery<\/em> might be used to sneak other procedural rules through the substantive door, and this footnote is intended to squelch that. The result is a good one. <em>Teague<\/em> is intact. But candor on the wrongness of <em>Montgomery<\/em> would have been a cleaner way to reach the result.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Thomas concludes his separate opinion with this observation:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Today\u2019s majority labors mightily to avoid confronting the tension between <em>Miller<\/em> and <em>Montgomery<\/em>. But though the Court purports to leave <em>Montgomery<\/em>\u2019s holding intact, it recognizes that <em>Montgomery<\/em>\u2019s analysis is untenable and not to be repeated. It would be simpler to reject <em>Montgomery<\/em> in both name and substance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In a similar vein, CJLF&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjlf.org\/program\/briefs\/JonesB_cjlf1.pdf\">brief<\/a> quoted the great Justice Robert Jackson from 1950: \u201cOf course it is embarrassing to confess a blunder; it may prove more embarrassing to adhere to it.\u201d For now, the Court has chosen to pretend to adhere to its blunder by mischaracterizing it in order to avoid the embarrassment of confessing to it. Perhaps we will see the confession down the road, when the Court is sure that all, rather than &#8220;most,&#8221; pre-<em>Miller<\/em> juvenile LWOP sentences have been reconsidered or the time to challenge them has expired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Jones v. 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