THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
LUIS ANGEL GUTIERREZ, Defendant and Appellant.
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
ANDREW LAWRENCE MOFFETT, Defendant and Appellant.
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May 5, 2014.
May 5, 2014.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jean Matulis , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Luis Angel Gutierrez.
Joseph Shipp , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Andrew Lawrence Moffett.
L. Richard Braucher ; and Susan L. Burrell for Pacific Juvenile Defender Center and Youth Law Center as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant Luis Angel Gutierrez.
Latham & Watkins, Aaron Murphy and Anthony J. Bruno for United Mexican States as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant Luis Angel Gutierrez.
International Human Rights Clinic, Elizabeth A. Henneke ; Frank C. Newman International Human Rights Law Clinic, Constance de la Vega and Lani Virostko for Amnesty International, Disability Rights Legal Center, Human Rights Advocates, Loyola Law School Center for Juvenile Law and Policy and University of San Francisco Center for Law and Global Justice as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.
The two 17-year-old offenders in these cases were convicted of special circumstance murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole under Penal Code section 190.5, subdivision (b) (hereafter section 190.5(b)). Section 190.5(b) provides that the penalty for 16- or 17-year-old juveniles who commit special circumstance murder "shall be confinement in the state prison for life without the possibility...
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