United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's petition for habeas corpus is affirmed over his claim that the trial court violated his constitutional rights when it excused a prospective juror based on his belief in exercising the power of jury nullification in appropriate circumstances.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/14/2005
• Decided 10/18/2005
• Published 10/18/2005

Judges

• D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:, Before: D.W. NELSON, W. FLETCHER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Philip M. Brooks, Berkeley, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer (on the briefs), Attorney General of the State of California, Gerald A. Engler (on the briefs), Senior Assistant Attorney General for the State of California, Morris Beatus (on the briefs), Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, and Peggy S. Ruffra (argued), Supervising Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, San Francisco, CA, for the respondent-appellee.