No. 19-5977
Kerry Lyn Dalton v. California
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-requirement criminal-sentencing death-penalty fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-finding reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment statutory-maximum
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment
DueProcess Punishment
Latest Conference:
2019-11-08
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
2019-11-12
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/8/2019.
2019-10-10
Brief of respondent The State of California in opposition filed.
2019-09-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 17, 2019)
Attorneys
Kerry Dalton
Jolie S. Lipsig — Office of the State Public Defender, Petitioner
Jolie S. Lipsig — Office of the State Public Defender, Petitioner
The State of California