No. 22-6088

Tupoutoe Mataele v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2022-11-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment aggravating-circumstances constitutional-requirements criminal-sentencing death-penalty jury-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus Securities Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2023-01-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does California's death penalty scheme violate the requirement 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, Eighth, 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? //1

Docket Entries

2023-01-23
Petition DENIED
2023-01-23
Petition DENIED.
2023-01-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/20/2023.
2022-12-19
2022-11-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 19, 2022)

Attorneys

California
Kristen Kinnaird CheneliaCA Dept. of Justice, Office of the Attorney Genera, Respondent
Tupoutoe Mataele
Stephen Michael LathropLaw Offices of Lathrop & Villa, Petitioner