Podcasts Government U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments Mathena v. Malvo

Mathena v. Malvo

Published: Oct. 16, 2019, 2 p.m.

A case in which the Court was asked to decide whether its prior decision regarding constitutional rules for sentencing juveniles is a substantive rule of constitutional law and thus retroactive, as the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, below, concluded in direct conflict with Virginia’s highest court.