No. 18-5375

Christopher Henriquez v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2018-07-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the California death penalty scheme violates the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 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. i

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 CoffinCoffin Law Group, Petitioner
Lynne Shatzkin CoffinCoffin Law Group, Petitioner
People of the State of California
Sarah Jean FarhatCalifornia Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Sarah Jean FarhatCalifornia Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Respondent