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Criminal

Aug. 27, 2003

Peremptory Challenges Made Easier By High Court

SAN FRANCISCO - It wasn't racism when a Tulare County prosecutor kicked two Hispanics off a venire and left an all-white jury to convict two Hispanic defendants of murder, a bitterly divided state Supreme Court ruled Monday.

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - It wasn't racism when a Tulare County prosecutor kicked two Hispanics off a venire and left an all-white jury to convict two Hispanic defendants of murder, a bitterly divided state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
        The 4-3 majority decision b...

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