No. 18-6818
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment capital-sentencing constitutional-amendments death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment jury-determination jury-trial sentencing
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference:
2019-02-22
Question Presented (from Petition)
1.
Does California's death penalty statute violate the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth
Amendments to the United States Constitution by failing to meaningfully narrow the
class of death-eligible murders?
2.
Does California's death penalty scheme, which imposes no burden of proof on capital
sentencing decisions, violate the requirement under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and
Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution that every fact that serves
to increase the statutory maximum for the crime must be found by a jury beyond a
reasonable doubt?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does California's death penalty statute violate the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments by failing to meaningfully narrow the class of death-eligible murders?
Docket Entries
2019-02-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
2019-01-23
Brief of respondent California in opposition filed.
2019-01-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 25, 2019.
2018-12-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 26, 2018 to January 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-11-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 26, 2018)
Attorneys
California
John Yang — CA Dept. of Jus. , Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Ruben Rangel
Tara Kristine Hoveland — Law Offices of Tara K. Hoveland, Petitioner