Opinion ID: 844274
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Political Considerations

Text: Defendant asserts that political and economic pressures have biased California courts in favor of imposing the death penalty. He claims this bias has led to arbitrary and capricious sentencing in violation of his rights under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and article I, sections 1, 7, 9, 15, 16, 17, and 24 of the California Constitution. We have previously considered and rejected this claim ( People v. Kipp (2001) 26 Cal.4th 1100, 1139-1141 [113 Cal.Rptr.2d 27, 33 P.3d 450]), and defendant does not persuade us to revisit our decision (see People v. Hughes, supra, 27 Cal.4th at p. 406).