No. 18-5496

Alfredo Perez, Jr. v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2018-08-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: apprendi-doctrine apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-fact-finding judicial-findings jury-trial resentencing sentencing sixth-amendment three-strikes-law
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2018-10-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the federal constitution, as construed in Apprendi v. New Jersey, permit a court to find a defendant ineligible for resentencing based on judicial findings of fact about the defendant's conduct when the conduct was never pleaded or found true by a jury?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Does the federal constitution, as construed in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), permit a court charged with determining whether a defendant serving a life sentence is eligible for resentencing under California's Three Strikes Reform Act to find the defendant ineligible for resentencing on the basis of judicial findings of fact about the defendant's conduct when the conduct in question was never pleaded by the prosecutor, and was never found true by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? -i

Docket Entries

2018-10-09
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
2018-09-07
Waiver of right of respondent California to respond filed.
2018-08-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 6, 2018)

Attorneys

Alfredo Perez
Elizabeth Margaret Campbell — Petitioner
California
Douglas O. TreismanFresno County District Attorney, Respondent