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Aikens v. California 406 U.S. 813 (1972) was a decision of the United States Supreme Court where a petitioner (in the U.S. Supreme Court the plaintiff (Aikens) is called the petitioner and the defendant (the State of California) is called the respondent) was appealing his conviction and death sentence. After oral argument had been made on the case but before the court decided on it the California Supreme Court in California v. Anderson 6 Cal.