Legal Opinion
Phyle v. Duffy
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 21, 1948No. 655PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
The petitioner is under sentence of death for murder in the first degree imposed by a California superior court and affirmed by the State Supreme Court. 28 Cal. 2d 671, 171 P. 2d 428. The validity of that sentence is *433not here challenged.1 But § 1367 of the California Penal Code provides that “A person cannot be tried, adjudged to punishment, or punished for a public offense, while he is insane.’.’ Thus if petitioner is insane, California law prohibits his execution under the death sentence which he received. The legal questions here presented relate to the procedures adopted by California to…
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3Cited by59 opinions
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