California Court of Appeal

Defendant-s claim that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to trial by a fair cross-section of the community was denied because the county's procedures to obtain a pool of citizens for jury duty is race neutral and did not systematically exclude Hispanics from juries.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/15/2004
• Published 06/15/2004

Judges

• GILBERT, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Hatch & Parent, Diane M. Matsinger, Santa Barbara, Kelly M. Knight;  Nye, Peabody & Stirling, David L. Nye, Santa Barbara, for Petitioner., Thomas W. Sneddon, Jr., District Attorney, Gerald McC. Franklin, Senior Deputy District Attorney, for Real Party in Interest the People., Sanger & Swysen, Robert M. Sanger, Santa Barbara, for Real Party in Interest Benjamin Ballesteros., James S. Egar, Public Defender, Raimundo Montes de Oca, Deputy Public Defender, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest Benjamin Ballesteros.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.