California Court of Appeal

Where the trial court failed to follow required procedures for determining whether a prosecutor had improperly excused African-American prospective jurors on the basis of group bias, the case is remand for a new Wheeler hearing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/18/2002
• Published 12/18/2002

Judges

• PERLUSS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Peter Gold, San Francisco, by appointment of the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mary Sanchez and Myung J. Park, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.