No. 18-7457

Charles Edward Case v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2019-01-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: capital-punishment constitutional-amendment criminal-sentencing death-penalty fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury jury-finding reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference: 2019-03-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does California's death penalty scheme violate the requirement under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments that every fact other than a prior conviction that serves to increase the statutory maximum for the crime must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does California’s death penalty scheme violate the requirement under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments that every fact other than a prior conviction that serves to increase the statutory maximum for the crime must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? i

Docket Entries

2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-02-11
Brief of respondent State of California in opposition filed.
2019-01-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 15, 2019)
2018-11-05
Application (18A478) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until January 12, 2019.
2018-11-01
Application (18A478) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 13, 2018 to January 12, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Charles Edward Case
Robin Lou KallmanOffice of the State Public Defender of California, Petitioner
State of California
Caely Erin FalliniDepartment of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Respondent