BRIGGS v. BROWN

No. S238309.

3 Cal.5th 808 (2017)

RON BRIGGS, Petitioner, v. EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., as Governor, etc., et al., Respondents; CALIFORNIANS TO MEND, NOT END, THE DEATH PENALTY, etc., Intervener.

Supreme Court of California.

August 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Christina Von der Ahe Rayburn and Lillian Jennifer Mao for Petitioner.

Michael J. Hersek for Habeas Corpus Resource Center as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Sanger Swysen & Dunkle, Robert M. Sanger , Stephen K. Dunkle ; Clarke Johnston Thorp & Rice, Thomas H. Speedy Rice ; Law Office of Melissa Bobrow and Melissa Bobrow for California Attorneys for Criminal Justice and Death Penalty Focus as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Hilary Potashner , Federal Public Defender (Central District), and Heather Williams , Federal Public Defender (Eastern District), for Offices of the Federal Public Defenders as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Matthew S. Kahn , Kevin Yeh , Ryan P. McGinley-Stempel and Theane Evangelis for Constitutional Law Amici as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

O'Melveny & Myers, Brett J. Williamson , Anne M. Steinberg , Alix R. Sandman , Matthew T. Kline and Susannah K. Howard for The Innocence Network, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Kathleen A. Kenealy , Acting Attorney General, Xavier Becerra , Attorney General, Douglas J. Woods , Assistant Attorney General, Marc A. LeForestier and Jose A. Zelidon-Zepeda , Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondents.

Michele Hanisee , Ivy B. Fitzpatrick ; Joe Brandon ; Steven J. Walter ; Cyril Yu ; Maeve Fox ; Michael A. Caves ; Andrew Soloman ; Matt De Moura ; Karen Jensen ; and Robert Maddock for Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County, Riverside County Deputy District Attorney Association, San Diego County Deputy District Attorneys Association, Association of Orange County Deputy District Attorneys, Ventura County Prosecutor's Association, Kern County Prosecutors Association, Sacramento County Deputy District Attorneys Association, Yolo County Deputy District Attorneys Association, Solano County Association of Deputy District Attorneys and Sonoma County Prosecutors' Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

David A. Sanders , Daniel M. Lindsay and Justin C. Delacruz for California Correctional Peace Officers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

Stephen M. Wagstaffe , Mark Zahner and Frank C. Meyer IV for California District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

Nina Salarno Besselman for Crime Victims United of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

Hayes & Ortega, Dennis J. Hayes and Michelle C. Hribar for Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

Tony Rackauckas , District Attorney (Orange), and Holly M. Woesner , Deputy District Attorney, for Orange County District Attorney as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, Charles H. Bell, Jr. , Terry J. Martin ; Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, Kent S. Scheidegger and Kymberlee C. Stapleton for Intervener.

Mastagni Holstedt, David P. Mastagni , David E. Mastagni and Isaac S. Stevens for Peace Officers Research Association of California as Amicus Curiae.

The Law Offices of Brooks Ellison and Patrick J. Whalen for California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers in State Employment as Amici Curiae.


OPINION

In the November 2016 election California voters approved Proposition 66, the Death Penalty Reform and Savings Act of 2016. (Gen. Elec. (Nov. 8, 2016) § 1.) The measure's various provisions are intended to facilitate the enforcement of judgments and achieve cost savings in capital cases. Petitioner Ron...

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