Tom Sullivan represented ADC inmate Vernell Conley before the Arkansas Supreme Court in Conley v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, challenging the lawfulness of Conley’s 60-year sentence as a habitual offender for sale of $100 worth of crack cocaine to undercover officers in Conley v. Kelley, 2019 Ark. 23, 566 S.W.3d 113. The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled against Conley, 6-1, with Justice Hart dissenting, including her statement that Conley’s 60-year sentence for this offense violates the “cruel and unusual punishment” prohibition of the Eighth Amendment. Sullivan has petitioned the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari seeking review of the ASCt decision.
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