P. v. Hodge
In 1996, defendant Richard S. Hodge was convicted of a murder and a robbery he committed when he was 17 years old. Hodge was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole (LWOP), plus 10 years to run consecutively for the robbery conviction and firearm enhancement. In 2013, Hodge filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the superior court, requesting the court resentence him in accordance with Miller v. Alabama (2012) 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (Miller). In 2015, the court granted Hodge’s petition, vacated Hodge’s LWOP sentence, and conducted a new sentencing hearing. After considering the factors discussed in Miller, the court reimposed Hodge’s LWOP sentence.
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