Criminal,
California Courts of Appeal
May 7, 2018
Conviction overturned because prosecutors dismissed gay jurors
The 3rd District Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for a gay assault defendant because prosecutors dismissed the only two gay jurors in the pool.
SACRAMENTO -- The 3rd District Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for a gay assault defendant because prosecutors dismissed the only two gay jurors in the pool.
The panel rejected a legal standard offered by the California Department of Justice in favor of one submitted by the defense and laid out in an amicus brief filed by a pair of pro bono attorneys on behalf of a trio of LGBT groups: Equality California, Lambda Legal and t...
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