No. 19-5933

Julian Alejandro Mendez v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2019-09-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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
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 BookoutAttorney at Law, Petitioner
Randall Barry BookoutAttorney at Law, Petitioner
The State of California
Christine Yoon FriedmanCalifornia Attorney General, Respondent
Christine Yoon FriedmanCalifornia Attorney General, Respondent