No. 18-5331

Ralph Simon Jeremias v. Nevada

Lower Court: Nevada
Docketed: 2018-07-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: aggravating-circumstances confrontation-clause constitutional-standard death-penalty due-process hurst-v-florida jury-finding jury-trial mitigating-circumstances ring-v-arizona
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess FifthAmendment Punishment HabeasCorpus Securities Jurisdiction
Latest Conference: 2018-10-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Constitution requires that the finding that mitigating circumstances do not outweigh aggravating circumstances to impose death be made beyond a reasonable doubt

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether the Constitution requires — in a state in which a jury is required to find that mitigating circumstances do not outweigh the aggravating circumstances to impose death — that this finding be made beyond a reasonable doubt. 2. Whether the Confrontation Clause applies to evidence offered by the prosecution to prove a statutory aggravating circumstance that establishes a defendant’s eligibility for the death penalty. i

Docket Entries

2018-10-29
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-09-18
Brief of respondent The State of Nevada in opposition filed.
2018-08-23
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 21, 2018.
2018-08-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 23, 2018 to September 21, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-07-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 23, 2018)

Attorneys

Ralph Jeremias
JoNell ThomasClark County Special Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
The State of Nevada
Jonathan Eugene VanBoskerckOffice of the District Attorney, Clark County, Nevada, Respondent