Supreme Court of California

A death sentence is reversed where the trial court conducted a seriously deficient examination of a prospective juror during jury selection and, in the absence of adequate justification, erroneously excused the juror for cause based upon the juror's ostensible views regarding the death penalty.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/28/2003
• Published 08/28/2003

Judges

• GEORGE, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Jonathan P. Milberg, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, John R. Gorey and Susan Sullivan Pithey, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.