Michigan, Alabama, Arkansas, et al., Amici Curiae
Aaron D. Lindstrom, Counsel of Record
Michigan, Alabama, and Arkansas are joined in this brief by 13 other States. Aaron D. Lindstrom has served as solicitor general for the State of Michigan since December 2013. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on August 31, 2015. Contrary to the suggestion of some, the prisoners who seek the retroactive application of Miller v. Alabama (2012) are not all hapless aiders and abettors who played a secondary role and whose cases reached finality a year or two before the Miller decision. Rather, the cases span more than…
