No. 20-6633

Eduardo David Vargas v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2020-12-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: aggravating-circumstances constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing death-penalty due-process fifth-amendment jury-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess FourthAmendment Punishment CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus Immigration Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
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 penalty for a crime must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does California’s death penalty scheme, which permits the trier of fact to impose a sentence of death without finding beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of one or more aggravating circumstances, 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 penalty for a crime must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. i

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-13
Brief of respondent The State of California in opposition filed.
2020-12-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 14, 2021)

Attorneys

Eduardo David Vargas
Russell Sheridan Babcock — Petitioner
Russell Sheridan Babcock — Petitioner
The State of California
Kristen Kinnaird CheneliaCA Dept. of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Kristen Kinnaird CheneliaCA Dept. of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Respondent