United States Ninth Circuit

In rejecting a Batson motion, a California appeals court committed constitutional error by not rectifying the trial court's failure to conduct the proper three-step inquiry, thus a habeas petition should have been granted.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/02/2002
• Decided 02/28/2003
• Published 02/28/2003

Judges

• Before:  D.W. NELSON and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jerald L. Brainin, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marc E. Turchin, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondent-appellee.