Donald Lee Reeves, III v. California
DueProcess Punishment CriminalProcedure Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether petitioner's due process right to a fair trial was violated
QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether petitioner's due process right to a fair trial was violated when he was convicted of robbery in Count 4 based upon insufficient evidence that petitioner formed the intent to steal either before or during the commission . of the act of force against the victim, David Hamilton. 2. Whether petitioner's due process right to a fair trial was violated'when he was convicted of robbery felony murder in Count 3 based on insufficient . evidence that the fatal assault was incidental to the robbery. . | 3. Whether petitioner's due process right to a fair trial was violated relative to ; | the true finding on the robbery murder special circumstance attached to Count 3, based upon insufficient evidence that the fatal assault was incidental to the robbery.. | . 4, Whether petitioner's due process right to a fair trial was violated when he ; was convicted of robbery felony murder in Count 1 based upon insufficient . evidence that petitioner formed the intent to steal either before or during the commission of the act of force against the victim, Bobby Johnson. : 5. Whether petitioner's due process right to a fair trial was violated relative to the true finding on the robbery murder special circumstance attached to Count 1, based upon insufficient evidence that the fatal assault was : incidental to the robbery. 6, Whether petitioner’s two indeterminate sentences of life in prison without parole constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the state and a : e e