Legal Opinion
People v. Hillery
California Supreme Court
Decided March 12, 1974No. Crim. 15053PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TOBRINER, J.
On November 16, 1962, defendant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. On appeal, we affirmed the conviction of guilt, but reversed the penalty. (People v. Hillery (1965) 62 *899Cal.2d 692 [44 Cal.Rptr. 30, 401 P.2d 382].) The jury again fixed the penalty at death, and we affirmed. (People v. Hillery (1967) 65 Cal.2d 795 [56 Cal.Rptr. 280, 423 P.2d 208].) After the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Witherspoon v. Illinois (1968) 391 U.S. 510 [20 L.Ed.2d 776, 88 S.Ct. 1770], we granted defendant’s petition for habeas corpus, recalled the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- People v. AndersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Vasquez v. HillerySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Jerry W. Garrison v. D. J. McCarthy SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- People v. CruzCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Hillery v. PulleyDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1982
- People v. ObieCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
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