Does the absence of written or other specific findings by the jury regarding aggravating factors deprive defendant of his due process and Eighth Amendment rights to meaningful appellate review?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Adams, 179 Cal.Rptr.3d 644, 336 P.3d 1223, 60 Cal.4th 541 (Cal. 2014):
The absence of written or other specific findings by the jury regarding aggravating factors did not deprive defendant of his federal due process and Eighth Amendment rights to meaningful appellate review, violate equal protection of the laws or violate defendant's Sixth Amendment right to trial by jury. (People v. DeHoyos, supra, 57 Cal.4th at p. 150, 158 Cal.Rptr.3d 797, 303 P.3d 1.)
[60 Cal.4th 581]
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