Legal Opinion
In Re Anderson
California Supreme Court
Decided November 18, 1968No. Docket Nos. Crim. 11572, 11573PublishedCited by 213 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBurke, J.
The issue here presented is whether the death penalty and the procedures followed in imposing it are constitutional, and not whether it should be retained or abolished in California. Retention or abolition raises a question of legislative policy which under our system of division of powers falls within the competence of the Legislature or the electorate.
A jury found Frederick Saterfield guilty on two counts of first degree murder and fixed the penalty on each count at death; the judgment was affirmed (People v. Saterfield, 65 Cal.2d 752 [56 Cal.Rptr. 338, 423 F.2d 266] [cert. den. 389 U.S.…
2Cases cited98 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by213 opinions
- McGautha v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gray v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- In Re ClarkCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
- People v. RodriguezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1986
- People v. AndersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
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