California Court of Appeal

PEOPLE v. MUHAMMAD, B160121

A monetary fine levied under Code of Civil Procedure section 177.5, against a prosecutor for exercising unconstitutional jury peremptory challenges, is reversed where no standing court order was violated.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/29/2003
• Published 04/29/2003

Judges

• EPSTEIN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Steve Cooley, District Attorney, George M. Palmer, Patrick Moran and Brentford J. Ferreira, Deputy District Attorneys for Plaintiff and Appellants., Michael P. Judge, Public Defender and Albert J. Menaster, Deputy Public Defender as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant The People.,  Benton, Orr, Duval & Buckingham, Brenda L. McCormick and Kevin M. McCormick, Ventura, as Amicus Curiae for the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.