Supreme Court of the United States
Wong v. Belmontes
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- Type
- Concurrence
- Filed
- Nov. 16, 2009
- Case
- Wong v. Belmontes
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Stevens, concurring. When Fernando Belmontes was sentenced to death in 1982, California Penal Code § 190.3(k)* conveyed the unmistakable message that juries could not give any mitigating weight to evidence that did not extenuate the severity of the crime. See Ayers v. Belmontes, 549 U. S. 7, 27 (2006) (Stevens, J., dissenting). The trial judge who presid…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion of the Court | Per curiam | Nov. 16, 2009 |
| Opinion | Not attributed | Nov. 16, 2009 |