Supreme Court of California

Cunningham v. California, 549 U.S. 270 (2007), applies on collateral review of a judgment that became final before Cunningham was decided, but after Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296 (2004), was decided.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/02/2009
• Published 02/02/2009

Judges

• GEORGE, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Vincent James Oliver, Los Angeles, and Joseph Walsh, for Petitioner Sotero Gomez., Elaine A. Alexander, San Diego, for Appellate Defenders, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Sotero Gomez.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Lawrence M. Daniels, Kristofer Jorstad and Carl N. Henry, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent State of California.