No. 25-5865
Aaron Norman Dunn v. California
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment payne-v-tennessee victim-impact-evidence
Latest Conference:
2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether under Payne v. Tennessee, 501 U.S. 808 (1991), a prosecutor can be permitted to play for the jury during the penalty phase of a capital trial a highly prejudicial audio CD of a homicide victim singing a song he had written.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether under Payne v. Tennessee, a prosecutor can be permitted to play for the jury during the penalty phase of a capital trial a highly prejudicial audio CD of a homicide victim singing a song he had written
Docket Entries
2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-09
Brief of California in opposition submitted.
2025-12-09
Brief of respondent California in opposition filed.
2025-10-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 10, 2025.
2025-10-28
Motion of California for an extension of time submitted.
2025-10-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 10, 2025 to December 10, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-10-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 10, 2025)
Attorneys
Aaron Dunn
Dennis Charles Cusick — Law Office of Dennis Cusick, Petitioner
California
Kari Lyn Ricci Mueller — California Department of Justice, Respondent
Kenneth N. Sokoler — California Department of Justice, Respondent