JURIST
JULY 28, 2021
The California Supreme Court held Monday that prisoners are entitled to a lawyer before a trial court can consider their record of conviction in determining whether the prisoners may challenge their murder convictions for killings committed by others. The new law in question was California Senate Bill No.
At the Lectern
DECEMBER 19, 2024
The Supreme Court yesterday denied review in In re Mendoza , a pro per’s petition for review seeking discovery and appointment of counsel under the California Racial Justice Act ( here and here ). ” The dissenters claim that the court’s “inaction portends a silent evisceration of the RJA.”
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At the Lectern
JUNE 29, 2023
Resentencing prima facie case. Reyes , one of many cases concerning possible resentencing under Senate Bill 1437 (more about today’s Reyes decision later [ update : here ]), the court agreed to take on yet another SB 1437 case, People v. Those actions included: Supreme Court will hear Prop. 22 challenge.
At the Lectern
JANUARY 15, 2025
The Supreme Court today barely denied review in In re Banks , with Justices Goodwin Liu, Leondra Kruger, and Kelli Evans voting to grant and send the case to the Court of Appeal for issuance of an order to show cause on a pro per’s habeas corpus petition seeking relief under the California Racial Justice Act ( here and here ).
At the Lectern
MAY 19, 2022
The court issued writs of review in California-American Water Company v. ” The dissent asserted the defendant had made a prima facie case of, and was thus entitled to a hearing on, racial discrimination in charging Black defendants with felony-murder special circumstance penalty enhancements in Orange County.
At the Lectern
MARCH 28, 2024
Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero has cited the California Racial Justice Act ( here and here ) as one of the “important landmark new laws” that is “impacting [the court’s] workflow.” The court yesterday denied review and a depublication request in one case involving that legislation, Mosby v.
At the Lectern
JULY 1, 2021
and California Supreme Court decisions holding it unconstitutional for an attorney to racially discriminate in peremptorily challenging prospective jurors. The superior court ruled the defendant had not made even a prima facie case of discrimination and thus did not require the prosecutor to justify his challenge.
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