Isaiah Glenndell Tryon v. Oklahoma
DueProcess Punishment
Whether the Sixth Amendment prohibits a state appellate court from reweighing aggravating and mitigating circumstances and determining that death is the appropriate punishment
QUESTION PRESENTED After invalidating one of four (4) aggravating factors found by the jury, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals reweighed the remaining aggravating circumstances against the evidence the court determined was mitigating and concluded that the aggravating factors outweighed the mitigating circumstances and affirmed the death sentence. The question presented is in light of Ring v. Arizona and Hurst v, Florida does the Sixth Amendment prohibit a state appellate from reweighing aggravating and mitigating circumstances and determining that death is the appropriate punishment because those factual determinations must be made by a jury and found beyond a reasonable doubt? i