How have courts interpreted the statement of reasons for denying an aggravating factor motion?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Proctor, 15 Cal.Rptr.2d 340, 4 Cal.4th 499, 842 P.2d 1100 (Cal. 1992):

Relying upon People v. Rodriguez, supra, 42 Cal.3d 730, 230 Cal.Rptr. 667, 726 P.2d 113, defendant contends the trial court did not adequately specify its reasons for determining that section 190.3, factor (a) (the circumstances of the crime), amounted to an aggravating factor. In that case, we held the court's statement of reasons for denying the motion, as a whole, was insufficient "to assure thoughtful and effective appellate review," where the trial court simply stated that, having considered the arguments of counsel, all the evidence, and all the aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the aggravating factors outweighed those in mitigation and the weight of the evidence supported the jury's verdict of death. (At pp. 792-794, 230 Cal.Rptr. 667, 726 P.2d 113.)

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