No. 24-5730

In Re Carlos Martinez

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2024-10-09
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review three-strikes-law
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2024-11-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the indeterminacy of the wide-ranging inquiry required by the determinative clause in subdivision (A) of California Penal Code Section 170.14, both denies fair notice to defendants and invites arbitrary enforcement by judges

Whether the serious or stakes prior felony convictions allegations against petitioner were so totally devoid of evidentiary support as to render his status as a three striker felony offender unconstitutional under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the California Three Strikes Law's sentencing provisions violate due process when applied to a defendant with prior convictions that may be constitutionally insufficient

Docket Entries

2024-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2024.
2024-09-24
Petition for writ of habeas corpus and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.

Attorneys

In Re Carlos Martinez
Carlos Martinez — Petitioner