No. 19-7379

Lee Samuel Capers v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2020-01-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: constitutional-requirement criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing death-penalty due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-maximum
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment Punishment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-03-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether California's death penalty scheme violates 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

2020-03-23
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-02-20
Brief of respondent The State of California in opposition filed.
Main DocumentProof of Service
2020-01-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 21, 2020)
Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma PauperisPetitionProof of Service

Attorneys

Lee Samuel Capers
Peter Ronald Silten — Office of the State Public Defender of California, Petitioner
Peter Ronald Silten — Office of the State Public Defender of California, Petitioner
The State of California
Holly D. Wilkens — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Holly D. Wilkens — Office of the Attorney General, Respondent