No. 18-7516
Joseph Adam Mora v. California
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-amendments criminal-sentencing death-penalty jury-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt statutory-maximum
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2019-03-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the California death penalty scheme violate the requirement under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments that any 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 the California death penalty scheme violate the requirement under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments that any 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
2019-03-25
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/22/2019.
2019-02-15
Brief of respondent California in opposition filed.
2019-01-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 21, 2019)
2018-11-06
Application (18A488) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until January 19, 2019.
2018-11-05
Application (18A488) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 20, 2018 to January 19, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
California
John Yang — CA Dept. of Jus. , Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Joseph Adam Mora
Peter Ronald Silten — Office of the State Public Defender, Petitioner