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People v. Jackson (Cal. Ct. App. - May 28, 2008)

By Shaun Martin

You might well be troubled by cold-hit DNA cases, as well as peremptory challenges suspiciously directed towards a particular gender or racial group. I know I am.

Nonetheless, I think that Justice Cantil-Sakauye not only is entirely correct in this one, and that defendant's conviction was rightly upheld, but that the underlying case in the trial court is a good example of what should happen in these types of cases. It's a very reasonable, forthright opinion in the Court of Appeal that resolves a case in which the concerns below were carefully considered and addressed by the trial court.

So I liked it. It made me feel good about the system. Notwithstanding the absurd sentence of "160 years to life" awarded to the defendant. Whichever comes first, I guess.

Full post as published by California Appellate Report on June 02, 2008 (boomark / email).