No. 22-5695
Christopher Eric Poore v. California
IFP
Tags: 5th-6th-14th-amendments aggravating-circumstances constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing death-penalty due-process jury-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2022-12-02
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does California's death penalty scheme violate the requirement that every fact that increases the statutory maximum penalty 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
2022-12-05
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
2022-10-27
Brief of respondent California in opposition filed.
2022-09-24
Attorneys
Christopher Eric Poore
Patricia Ann Scott — Law Office of Patricia Ann Scott, Petitioner
Patricia Ann Scott — Law Office of Patricia Ann Scott, Petitioner
Ron Davis, Warden
Meredith S. White — California Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Meredith S. White — California Office of the Attorney General, Respondent