On Thursday morning, the Supreme Court will file its opinion in People v. Dunn. (Briefs here; oral argument video here.)
Dunn is an automatic direct appeal from a July 2010 judgment of death. Counsel was appointed in January 2014. Briefing was completed in November 2019.
This will be the third of eight opinions for cases argued on the early-May calendar. Three of the remaining five opinions should file by August 4. Other argued but undecided cases are 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).
Because of post-argument briefing, a number of opinions will likely file outside the usual 90-days-from-argument time period: Taking Offense v. State of California (argued in early May) and Los Angeles Police Protective League v. City of Los Angeles (argued in late May) could be decided as late as November 10 (see here); 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 (see here); the People v. Cardenas death penalty appeal, argued in late May, could be decided as late as September 15; and the opinion in People v. Superior Court (Guevara), argued in June, might not file until October 9.
The Dunn opinion can be viewed Thursday starting at 10:00 a.m.
