Andrew Conley v. State of Indiana

── Andrew Conley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19A-PC-03085 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 23, 2021 Author: Judge Elizabeth Tavitas County of Origin: Ohio Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge May and Judge Pyle concur Case Summary 1 Notions of equity and fairness dictate that courts, in imposing sentences upon juvenile offenders, must acknowledge the stark limitations of youth, children’s capacity for change, and children’s diminished culpability. Acclaimed writer Ambrose Bierce once philosophized: “Childhood [is] the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth – tw[ice] remove[d] from the sin of manhood and thr[ice] [removed] from the remorse of age.” 2 In this...