No. 18-5375
Christopher Henriquez v. California
IFP
Tags: aggravating-factors burden-of-proof capital-punishment constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing death-penalty due-process equal-protection jury-trial mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt
Latest Conference:
2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the California death penalty scheme violates the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments by permitting the trier of fact to impose a sentence of death without finding the existence of aggravating factors beyond a reasonable doubt and without finding that aggravating circumstances outweigh mitigating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the California death penalty scheme violates the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments
Docket Entries
2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-23
Brief of respondent People of the State of California in opposition filed.
2018-06-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 27, 2018)
2018-05-15
Application (17A1256) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until June 29, 2018.
2018-05-02
Application (17A1256) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 15, 2018 to June 29, 2018, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Attorneys
Christopher Henriquez
Lynne Shatzkin Coffin — Coffin Law Group, Petitioner
People of the State of California