Case Name: STATE ex rel. Frederick JOHNSON v. STATE of Louisiana
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2014-07-31
Citations: 152 So. 3d 875
Docket Number: No. 2012-KH-2570
Parties: STATE ex rel. Frederick JOHNSON v. STATE of Louisiana.
Judges: JOHNSON, C.J., JOHNSON, C.J. would grant.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 152
Pages: 875–875

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. Frederick JOHNSON v. STATE of Louisiana.
No. 2012-KH-2570.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
July 31, 2014.

Opinion:
In re Johnson, Frederick; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Vernon, 30th Judicial District Court Div. B, No. 32-564.
Denied. See State v. Tate, 12-2763 (La.11/5/13), 130 So.3d 829, cert. denied, Tate v. Louisiana, — U.S.—, 134 S.Ct. 2663, 189 L.Ed.2d 214 (2014).
JOHNSON, C.J., JOHNSON, C.J. would grant.
In State v. Tate, 2012-2763 (La.11/5/13), 130 So.3d 829, this court held that Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S.-, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), does not retroactively apply to juvenile offenders whose life sentences were handed down before the Supreme Court issued its opinion. In my view, Miller announced a new rule of criminal procedure that is substantive, and consequently should apply retroactively.