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Christopher Simmons was born in the year 1976.
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This case stated it was legal to execute minors between the ages of 15-17; however, this case was overturned by Roper V Simmons stating that it would was unconstitutional to execute minors.
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This case, in Missouri, involved Christopher Simmons, who, in 1993 at the age of 17, created a plan to murder Shirley Crook, bringing two younger friends, Charles Benjamin and John Tessmer, into the plot. The plan was to commit burglary and murder by breaking and entering, tying up a victim, and tossing the victim off a bridge
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Limited Jursdiction
Ruling: Guilty of all charges (murder) and was given the Death Penalty -
By a vote of 5-4, the U.S. Supreme Court on March 1, 2005 held that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments forbid the execution of offenders who were under the age of 18 when their crimes were committed.
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Original and Appellate Jurisdiction
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This Court ruled the Death Penalty did not fit the crime that this minor committed
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Determined it was unconstutitional to excecute a mentally retarded person -- set precedent
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Argued October 13, 2004
Decided March 1, 2005
Supreme Court has original and appellate jurisdiction -
This court ruled the Death Penalty of a Minor is unconstitutional
