No. 22-6445

Juan Villa Ramirez v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2023-01-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: aggravating-circumstances constitutional-rights death-penalty fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-finding ring-v-arizona sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2023-03-17
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, 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?

Docket Entries

2023-03-20
Petition DENIED.
2023-03-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/17/2023.
2023-01-27
2022-12-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 3, 2023)

Attorneys

California
Sean M. McCoyCalifornia Department of Justice, Respondent
Sean M. McCoyCalifornia Department of Justice, Respondent
Juan Villa Ramirez
Lisa ShortSnedeker, Smith and Short, Petitioner
Lisa ShortSnedeker, Smith and Short, Petitioner