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State of Iowa v. Khasif Rasheed White
903 N.W.2d 331
Iowa
2017
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ment

DECISION OF AP- OF COURT IN

PEALS AFFIRMED PART VA- AND PART; IN

CATED DISTRICT COURT

JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.

See also WL Iowa, Appellee, STATE of WHITE, Appellant.

Khasif Rasheed

No. of Iowa. Court

Filed October *2 Ward, Attorney, County Assistant

James appellee. for CADY, Chief Justice. case, if the hear- decide district court to de- by the conducted should be if a offender

termine to a minimum term incarcera- sentenced eligibility parole complied tion for without con- safeguards. with constitutional the decision of clude it not. We vacate appeals, the court of reverse the sentence court, and for resen- remand tencing. Background Facts and Proceed-

I. ings. sen-

Khasif was convicted and White separate tenced for three crimes rob- bery The crimes degree. in the second a period of seven were committed over months, years while was seventeen White 1, August old. The first crime occurred liquor shoplifted 2009. a bottle White from a store and assaulted a store grocery attempted to him. employee detain who September The crime occurred second 12, shoplifted 2009. merchandise store clothing from a store and assaulted a attempted to him. employee detain who The crime occurred five months later third an- February on. 2010. White assaulted attempted money to take person other occasion, from each was him. On crimes other aided individuals. sentenced for his crimes on White was July imposed The court a ten- for offense year of incarceration each term statutory seven-year man- and imposed datory period of incarceration sec- pursuant to Iowa parole Code M. of Jane Law Of- 902.12(5) (2009). Jane White tion The court ordered fice, Moines, appellant. Des for concur- the three sentences be served rently. General, Attorney J.

Thomas later, Hau, statutory years Four Timothy Attorney M. Assistant Gen- eral, Sarcone, County Attorney, eligibility John incarceration juveniles was found to be also resentencing hearing unconstitu concluded tional without individualized assessment cured the constitutional infirmity of the court. See State v. mandatory minimum sec- sentencing under (Iowa 2014). April On tion sought, 902.12."White granted, and we appeared resentencing further review. *3 to the district to if allow court consider he seven-year of in period should serve II. of Standard Review. eligible becoming carceration before for review, Our of a standard from de

parole. hearing, White testified at the as cision the district impose court to a did his mother. The introduced, a period of parole incarceration without on a of summary disciplinary of "White’srecord juvenile is an for abuse of discretion. State prison. actions while v. Roby, 897 N.W.2d court The district concluded in- seven-year period serve the of should carceration before for It eligibility Application Sentencing III. Fac- First, primarily relied factors. tors. for repeated found arrests juvenile criminal behavior aas revealed he recently on the elaborated gained an of the risks understanding had considering role of the district court the. consequences, of It and his actions. rea- eligibility juvenile pa offender for greater understanding soned this role and the primary how factors relevant impetuous. him mature Sec- more and less to the decision are be at the considered ond, it found prison "White’s record showed sentencing hearing. par Id. at 143-48. grown he not reha- had more amenable ticular, emphasized important role prison. bilitation while of expert testimony when rel applying-the evant Id. at factors. 145-48. The same appealed claims of raised two and responsible scientific reveal evidence for First, error. "White the district claimed ing infirmity the constitutional of mandato properly all court failed consider rele- ry juve sentencing minimum statutes for factors, sentencing vant his fami- including niles judges to inform continue . ly and home He also claimed environment. performing job their difficult of applying court improperly the district considered juveniles relevant factors decide if circumstances of his as three arrests ineligible mini parole for a should for factor, of as a miti- aggravating instead of their period mum gating factor. He incarceration. argued further dis- testimony help juvenile can be explain record in trict court misused his in the fac havior context considering capacity his relevant for rehabilitation. give understanding tors and new Second, White court claimed the district may It judges against factors. even caution authority impose had a ,and using .past reasoning attitudes about of incarceration un- applying crimes when the factors. der section Iowa Code 902.12 He approach, sentencing Under this actual the statute is claims unconstitutional as aligned become better with outcomes will juveniles. applied to goal overly and purpose eliminating court of We transferred the case to the juveniles. harsh sentences rejected It error. It appeals. both claims of case, conclusions the district con- In this the critical properly concluded the relevant factors. It the district court at the sentenc- sidered drawn hearing remand grounded were science district court and case resentencing. attitudes generalized rather based may may criminal behavior that OF OF AP- DECISION COURT applied juveniles. Juvenile be correct VACATED; PEALS DISTRICT COURT large part by sentencing is now driven AND RE- JUDGMENT REVERSED science, of brain development MANDED. more evidence was properly more conclude White was Hécht, JJ.,'join Wiggins, Appel, impetuous less mature Hecht, J.,’ separately special files opinion, gave greater apprecia- three arrest's him a J., files Appel, separately concurrence. of his consequences risks tion J., Wiggins, special'concurrence which actions, Likewise, evidence wás *4 Mansfield, J., dissenting files a joins. rec- discipline White's conclude Zager, JJ., opinion in which Waterman less in him amenable ord join. rehabilitation. HECHT, Justice, (concurring specially). recognize district court in this the We Roby at in not of did have benefit concur the court’s deterfoination case the of resentencing hearing. the n Had the time that Khasif va available, again we confi- because I separately the cated. I decision been are write article'I, the court have followed have “that section would concluded1 17'of dent district analysis the prohibits of the rigorous careful Iowa Constitution a mandato a more Nevertheless, any ry of term incarceration offense relevant factors. by juvenile offender.” State v. of and White committed abuse discretion occurred an (Iowa 2017) Roby, the be resentenced 149 entitled to 897 N.W.2d under (Hecht, J., concurring Roby. specially). identified approach Sentencing Authority Dis- IV. APPEL, (concurring specially). Justice Court. trict my special For' the stated reasons the reject claim the We Roby, concurrence State v. for now I authority to resen- had district join opinion. the court’s 902.12. him under Iowa Code section tence (Iowa 2017) J., concurring). 150 (Appel, we the Lyle, found statute unconstitu reiterate, “If this of deci implémentation the punish tional cruel and unusual under inconsistent, confusing, proves sion diffi Constitution; of but ment clause the Iowa unworkable, cult, or the obvious solution of only the incarceration analysis be to [ move State an imposed without was Sweet, 2016);] ]v. N.W.2d 811 [879 hearing. 854 N.W.2d individualized application categorically eliminate Thus, Lyle not 402-03. declare mandatory adult minimum'sentences unconstitutional, merely entire statute but Id. juvenile offenders.” requirement into wrote statute . hearing individualized assessment J., joins Wiggins, special this concurrence. Conclusion. V. MANSFIELD, (dissenting), re- conclude White is entitled to be light Roby. Accordingly, respectfully I would find dissent. sentenced resentencing its abused discre- order reverse As., matter, practical reports.” as, Notably, tion. even the resentenc- April resentencing ing proceeding court’s order was,..pending,. in- required approximately Mr. White to serve major curred three reports. additional By , years in prison becoming then, White twenty-three-years was almost eligible falls -This well within old. He privilege was at offender level discretion” district court’s “broad (on scale) a 0 eligible and was matters. Roby, these joba or any prison programming at that n (Iowa 2017) J., (Zager, level. dissenting). , can people ap- Reasonable debate the noted the majority, As White was propriateness of the sentence in this case. second-degree convicted three robber- Personally, I am convinced that White third, The 'most serious ies. was which would have committed more if he crimes committed in February 2010 when had not been incarcerated less he was than two months of his short question length time he has been eighteenth birthday. two com- and, required to This seems too serve. severe panions immigrant as an spoke waited who me. English check little cashed a at a $480 They store. then followed convenience IYet see no my basis for. views back to his apartment. man one While *5 displace those of the district court. That down, companion held the man clearly considered all the Mil- , man in punched kicked the the face and . ler/Ragland factors. Here are the factors: money. in demanded the Others the and (1) age” “chronological youth the apartment building apparently heard the youth, the including and features “im- the and came to man’s assis- commotion maturity, impetuosity, ap- and failure companions ran off tance. White and the (2) preciate consequences”; risks and the apprehended. The man but were suffered “family and home environment” that forehead, nose, visible abrasions his and (3) youth; surrounded the “the circum- leg aas result White’s assault. ’ offense, including stances the ... the pled three guilty to all robberies in youth’s] participation éxtént of [the agreement parties under the that would way the conduct the familial and recommend concurrent sentences. Second- peer pressures may’ have affected [the ten-year degree robbery carries a (4) youth]”; “incompétencies .associ- time, and, at that a requirement youth—for example, ated with [the person seventy percent serve of the sen- youth’s] inability police to deal with offi- being eligible tence before prosecutors (including on plea cers a id, .12(5) § 711.3; 902.9(4), §§ Code Iowa agreement) youth’s] incapacity or [the jointly received recom- youth’s] attorneys”; assist own [the in July mended eoncurreht sentences (5) “the rehabilitation.” possibility 2014, September filed re- Ragland, State v. 115 n.6 light 854 (Iowa 2013) (alterations original) (quot his 378 Before resen N.W.2d Alabama, tencing Miller v. place, took U.S. 477- the district court or 567 department S.Ct. L.Ed.2d dered corrections (2012)). provide progress report’ a The And here are some relevant ex report. de history cerpts from scribed of disci what at the “lengthy court said g : action” plinary including “thirty-two major resentencin into 2012 to the through from 2010 very experienced public de- had a You although you you program into this assisting you, point got were where fender process you the sense to Fort Madison. criminal that sent "over new the know, facing óf, being in And if you adult ,you pretty There well. total, I that and felony charges. appreciate So maybe I 'had been sustained I that. understand differently, look at it a little tougher. though would be family and home environment

Your bit little something that we learned you got to Anamosa Then back your mother with re- today from about major reports, including three you had I some- gard father. think that’s to your assault, you another assault. And court wants the higher thing that that, appreciate, spoke to which but court, judge myself, such as such as is of concern. the assault consider, impact have an it does someone, in your case Today’s see ... decision holds that what the when dis acts, committing harmful figure, enough. good father court did trict wasn’t The acts, way and the potential criminal ónly apply court not needed it’s youth to that. understand react Miller/Ragland White, to Mr. factors you’re getting always positive did, something it it also clearly wrong way. leadership So do its ground application brain that. appreciate through expert testimo science filtered Zager already

ny. thoroughly has redefinition of fundamental critiqued think, [Tjhose offenses, I ... three Miller/Ragland Roby, factors. See seriously need be considered 161. will restate just the instance there’s than where Roby he said dissent. will what plays directly ... into factor one. That *6 additional, only hopefully new offer three, to plays but I it number think also observations. I think the fail- number one.... factor consequences appreciate to risk and ure First, general majority confuses the go are offenses. down there additional thing say specific. It is one you again commit one do it you If science indicates that the brains of you I think as you again, and then do it general, juveniles, developed are less offenses, repeated appreciation than those was what the adults. consequences risk and becomes Supreme United States Court concluded greater through the offenses. additional view, in Miller. In Court’s Possibility of get to five. So we down justified the elimination of this difference rehabilitation, capacity change. , sentencing option for particularly harsh important something really That’s that’s life-without-parole. juveniles—mandatory for me.... U.S. at S.Ct. isn’t good. Your record And appreciate you say particularly what However, thing say it is quite another appreciate your what mother said.... scientifically But, know, possible it is calibrate a lot of times action's any particular juvenile offend- speak louder than I would under- words. given er. This seems me a fool’s errand going having stand at 17 and today. we know Criminal problems adjusting, that what some many on your problems may things, But went be isn’t science. understand. quote To one observer who is sympa- court has extended Miller to all mandatory juvenile thetic to the recent shift in sen- mínimums yet but has say what tencing law: substantive Plainly n standard is. it isn’t “ir- reparable corruption”; we talking are

We can look at a brain scan of a broad this case about seven-year mandatory cross-section of adolescents compare Still, minimum. our court hasn’t told dis- that with a brain scan of a broad cross- trict courts what that standard is. This section of significant adults and see dif- isn’t about moving the goal posts. The might ferences that justify well substan- yet court has goal posts. erect the legal tial distinctions. But we neither know, know, nor could even where a Again, I fear the court’s reluctance to particular adolescent is develop- provide description some of a constitution- mental curve. ally adequate mandatory minimum sen- juvenile tence for a Alces, Paul just S. Davies & Peter A. means we are Neurosci on a way Think, ence station toward Changes eliminating More than You all Can manda- tory juveniles. minimums for 2017 U. Ill. J.L. Pol’y Tech. & foregoing reasons, For the and those set Reread the five Miller/Ragland factors forth in Zager’s dissent, Roby quoted I’ve above. These aren’t matters of would affirm the district court’s resentenc- They accurately science. are more de- ing order. weighing as “tools for

scribed cul- one, pability.” why JJ., That is Zager, until this Waterman and join this in Roby, they found that needed to dissent. presented the sentencing court through expert testimony. requiring fear that a “scientific” basis any mandatory sentence, re-

gardless of the crimes committed sentence,

length of simply a backdoor way of eliminating mandatory mínimums. Linda LINN and Mark

Second, Shuck, majority Appellants, continues to focus only procedure, Telling not substance. *7 they district courts need utilize science MONTGOMERY, Christy Schrader, Pat expert testimony in making their find Allen, Appellees. and Brad ings helpful isn’t until tell them what they need find. the context of life- No. 16-1136 without-parole sentences, the United Supreme Court of Iowa. States Court has been clear: no life-without-parole sentence unless Filed October irreparable corruption.” “crime[] reflects Louisiana, Montgomery U.S. -,

-, 718, 734, 136 S.Ct. 193 L.Ed.2d 599

(2016) (quoting 567 U.S. at

132 S.Ct. at clarity

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Case Details

Case Name: State of Iowa v. Khasif Rasheed White
Court Name: Supreme Court of Iowa
Date Published: Oct 27, 2017
Citation: 903 N.W.2d 331
Docket Number: 15–0829
Court Abbreviation: Iowa
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