Record returned to Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

MANDATE ISSUED.

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined. Roberts, C. J., filed a diss...

Argued. For petitioner: Bryan A. Stevenson, Mongtomery, Ala. For respondent: John C. Neiman, Jr., Solicitor General, Montgomery, Ala.

Reply of petitioner Evan Miller filed. (Distributed)

Motion of Michigan, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument DENIED. VIDED. (orders list)

Motion of Michigan, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed. VIDED.

Brief amicus curiae of National District Attorneys Association filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Lifers filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Michigan, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Alabama filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Alabama REPRINT filed. (Distributed)

Appendix of Alabama filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED.

Record from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama is electronic.

Record from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama is electronic (CD).

Brief amici curiae of Jeffrey Fagan, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Former Juvenile Court Judges filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Probation and Parole Association, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of American Probation and Parole Association, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Psychological Association, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Certain Family Members of Victims Killed by Youths filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Professor of Law and His Students from Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of J. Lawrence Aber, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Juvenile Law Center, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Psychological Association, et al. filed (Distributed). VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Jeffrey Fagan, et al. filed (Distributed). VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of Certain Family Members of Victims Killed by Youths filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Professor of Law and His Students from Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Amnesty International, et al. filed. VIDED.

Brief amici curiae of American Medical Association, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed)

The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including February 14, 2012.

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)

Brief of petitioner Evan Miller filed.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, March 20, 2012.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 9, 2012.

Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. The case is to be argued in tandem with No. 10-9647, Jackson v. Hobbs, Dir., AR DOC. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 4, 2011.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 28, 2011.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 14, 2011.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 7, 2011.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2011.

Reply of petitioner Evan Miller filed.

Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed.

Response Requested . (Due June 1, 2011)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 12, 2011.

Waiver of right of respondent Alabama to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 22, 2011)

Application (10A697) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 21, 2011.

Application (10A697) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 20, 2011 to March 21, 2011, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Evan Miller, Petitioner, represented by Bryan A. Stevenson

Alabama, Respondent, represented by John M. Porter

Alabama, Respondent, represented by John McGavock Porter

Alabama, Respondent, represented by John C. Neiman Jr.

American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by William T. Robinson III.

American Medical Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by E. Joshua Rosenkranz

American Probation and Parole Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Clifford M. Sloan

American Psychological Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Danielle Spinelli

Amnesty International, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Constance De la Vega

Certain Family Members of Victims Killed by Youths, Amicus Curiae, represented by Angela C. Vigil

Former Juvenile Court Judges, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan D. Hacker

Jeffrey Fagan, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Carl Micarelli

J. Lawrence Aber, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephen M. Nickelsburg

Juvenile Law Center, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Marsha L. Levick

Michigan, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by John J. Bursch

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Vincent M. Southerland

National District Attorneys Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher Landau

National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Lifers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas R. McCarthy

Professor of Law and His Students from Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University, Amicus Curiae, represented by Douglas A. Berman