People v. Anderson
| People v. Anderson | |
|---|---|
| Argued February 18, 1972 | |
| Full case name | The People of the State of California v. Robert Page Anderson |
| Citation(s) | 6 Cal. 3d 628; 493 P.2d 880; 100 Cal. Rptr. 152; 1972 Cal. LEXIS 154 |
| Case history | |
| Prior history | Defendant convicted; judgment affirmed, 64 Cal.2d 633 [51 Cal.Rptr. 238, 414 P.2d 366]; sentence reversed and remanded, 69 Cal.2d 613 [73 Cal.Rptr. 21] |
| Subsequent history | Certiorari denied, 406 U.S. 958 |
| Holding | |
| The use of capital punishment in the state of California was deemed unconstitutional because it was considered cruel or unusual. | |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice | Donald R. Wright |
| Associate Justices | Mathew O. Tobriner, Stanley Mosk, Louis H. Burke, Raymond L. Sullivan, Raymond E. Peters, Marshall F. McComb |
| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Wright, joined by Peters, Tobriner, Mosk, Burke, Sullivan |
| Dissent | McComb |
| Laws applied | |
| Cal. Penal Code §§ 4500, 1239(b); California Constitution Article I section 6 | |
Superseded by | |
| California Constitution Article I section 27 (California Proposition 17) | |
The People of the State of California v. Robert Page Anderson, 493 P.2d 880, 6 Cal. 3d 628 (Cal. 1972), was a landmark case in the state of California that outlawed capital punishment for nine months until the enactment of a constitutional amendment reinstating it, Proposition 17.