In what circumstances will the court review the imposition of the death penalty in a death penalty case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Bean, 251 Cal.Rptr. 467, 46 Cal.3d 919, 760 P.2d 996 (Cal. 1988):
23 In People v. Frierson, supra, 25 Cal.3d 142, 158 Cal.Rptr. 281, 599 P.2d 587, the court's power to review the imposition of the death penalty in an individual case under article I, section 6 [now 17] had been assumed notwithstanding the adoption of section 27.
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