Government
Mar. 21, 2015
Judges return with bill to limit peremptory challenges
After a bill to limit peremptory challenges died in committee last year, the California Judges Association has introduced similar legislation, arguing excess challenges waste time. Defense attorneys vow to fight the legislation.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The California Judges Association plans to try again to seek limits on the number of times attorneys can dismiss jurors without stating a specific cause. The organization is pushing to reduce peremptory challenges in misdemeanor cases from 10 to six each for prosecutors and defense counsel. A similar bill that would have allowed a maximum of five challenges per side died last year when it reached the Assembly Pu...
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