No. 19-5933
Julian Alejandro Mendez v. California
IFP
Tags: aggravating-factors constitutional-amendments criminal-sentencing death-penalty due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment trier-of-fact
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference:
2019-11-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the California death penalty scheme violates the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments by permitting the trier of fact to impose a sentence of death without finding the existence of aggravating factors beyond a reasonable doubt
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the California death penalty scheme violates the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments by permitting the trier of fact to impose a sentence of death without finding the existence of aggravating factors beyond a reasonable doubt.
Docket Entries
2019-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
2019-10-03
Brief of respondent The State of California in opposition filed.
2019-09-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2019)
Attorneys
Julian Alejandro Mendez
Randall Barry Bookout — Attorney at Law, Petitioner
Randall Barry Bookout — Attorney at Law, Petitioner
The State of California
Christine Yoon Friedman — California Attorney General, Respondent
Christine Yoon Friedman — California Attorney General, Respondent