On Monday morning, the Supreme Court will file its opinion in People v. Barrett, an automatic direct appeal from an April 2004 judgment of death. (Briefs here; oral argument video here.)
This will be the last of two opinions for the cases argued in March. It was delayed because of post-argument briefing. Other argued but undecided cases are the six on the April calendar (opinions due by July 7), the eight on the early-May calendar (most opinions due by August 4), the eight on the late-May calendar (most opinions due by August 18), and the seven on the June calendar (most opinions filing by August 28).
The opinions in the death penalty appeals in People v. Bankston (argued in early-May), People v. Chhuon and Pan (argued in late-May), and People v. Barrera (argued in June) might not file until December 1 because of recently ordered post-argument briefing. Also because of post-argument briefing, the People v. Cardenas death penalty appeal (argued in late-May) and People v. Superior Court (Guevara) (argued in June) could be decided as late as September 15 and October 9, respectively.
The Barrett opinion can be viewed Monday starting at 10:00 a.m.
