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Criminal

Mar. 30, 2005

Court Agrees to Weigh California Capital Sentencing Issue

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a California death-penalty case to determine whether the state Supreme Court erred in upholding a death sentence for a Kern County man even after it set aside two aggravating factors that jurors weighed when sentencing the man to death.

By Brent Kendall
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a California death-penalty case to deter...

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