No. 22-5695

Christopher Eric Poore v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2022-09-28
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
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
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
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 28, 2022)

Attorneys

Christopher Eric Poore
Patricia Ann ScottLaw Office of Patricia Ann Scott, Petitioner
Patricia Ann ScottLaw Office of Patricia Ann Scott, Petitioner
Ron Davis, Warden
Meredith S. WhiteCalifornia Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Meredith S. WhiteCalifornia Office of the Attorney General, Respondent