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Supreme Court affirms death penalty, with a Batson dissent

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The Supreme Court today affirms the death sentence in People v. The court’s opinion is authored by Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar. and California Supreme Court decisions holding it unconstitutional for an attorney to racially discriminate in peremptorily challenging prospective jurors.

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Supreme Court will resolve conflict about co-tenancy leasing requirements (and about punctuation?)

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At the Supreme Court’s Wednesday conference , a double one, actions of note included: Retail lease. The court agreed to hear JJD-HOV Elk Grove, LLC v. The appellate court disagreed with the Fifth District’s decision in Grand Prospect Partners, L.P. The court also granted review in People v. 2015) 232 Cal.App.4th

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