Supreme Court of California
THOMPSON v. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS, S071080
Article VI, section 11 of the California Constitution, which gives the Supreme Court exclusive appellate jurisdiction in capital cases, does not apply to dipsutes over the time when a condemned inmate's personal spiritual adviser must leave the inmate before the execution.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/22/2001
- Published 03/22/2001
Judges
- KENNARD, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of California
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Peter J. Siggins, Assistant Attorney General, Morris Lenk, James M. Humes and Susan Duncan Lee, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Appellants., Morrison & Foerster, Jordan Eth, John M. Moynihan, Johanna W. Roberts, Jill Fairbrother, San Francisco, and Kristin L. Taylor for Plaintiffs and Respondents.