No. 18-9698
Ruben Perez Gomez v. California
IFP
Tags: constitutional-requirement death-penalty fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-finding reasonable-doubt sentencing-standard sixth-amendment statutory-maximum statutory-maximum-punishment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
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 punishment 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 punishment for the crime must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? i
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-22
Certificate of Service filed with respect to brief in opposition of respondent State of California.
2019-07-18
Brief of respondent People of the State of California in opposition filed.
2019-06-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 18, 2019)
2019-05-03
Application (18A1134) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until June 13, 2019.
2019-04-30
Application (18A1134) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 14, 2019 to June 13, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
People of the State of California
David Andries Voet — CA Dept. of Justice-Office of the AG, Respondent
Ruben Gomez
Laura Susanne Kelly — Laura S. Kelly, Attorney at Law, Petitioner