People v. Anderson
Landmark case in the U.S. state of California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the case involving evidentiary factors necessary for first degree murder conviction, see People v. Anderson (1968).
The People of the State of California v. Robert Page Anderson, 493 P.2d 880, 6 Cal. 3d 628 (Cal. 1972), was a landmark case in the state of California that outlawed capital punishment for nine months until the enactment of a constitutional amendment reinstating it, Proposition 17.
Quick Facts People v. Anderson, Argued February 18, 1972 ...
People v. Anderson | |
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Argued February 18, 1972 | |
Full case name | The People of the State of California v. Robert Page Anderson |
Citation(s) | 6 Cal. 3d 628; 493 P.2d 880; 100 Cal. Rptr. 152; 1972 Cal. LEXIS 154 |
Case history | |
Prior history | Defendant convicted; judgment affirmed, 64 Cal.2d 633 [51 Cal.Rptr. 238, 414 P.2d 366]; sentence reversed and remanded, 69 Cal.2d 613 [73 Cal.Rptr. 21] |
Subsequent history | Certiorari denied, 406 U.S. 958 |
Holding | |
The use of capital punishment in the state of California was deemed unconstitutional because it was considered cruel or unusual. | |
Court membership | |
Chief Justice | Donald R. Wright |
Associate Justices | Mathew O. Tobriner, Stanley Mosk, Louis H. Burke, Raymond L. Sullivan, Raymond E. Peters, Marshall F. McComb |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Wright, joined by Peters, Tobriner, Mosk, Burke, Sullivan |
Dissent | McComb |
Laws applied | |
Cal. Penal Code §§ 4500, 1239(b); California Constitution Article I section 6 | |
Superseded by | |
California Constitution Article I section 27 (California Proposition 17) |
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