O'HARE v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 32209.

43 Cal.3d 86 (1987)

729 P.2d 766

233 Cal. Rptr. 332

EDDIE O'HARE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

January 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert F. Gusky for Petitioner.

Mitchell Zimmerman, Sally M. Abel, Fenwick, Davis & West and Geraldine S. Russell as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Lloyd M. Harmon, Jr., County Counsel, Daniel J. Wallace, Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Bruce W. Beach, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.

Edwin L. Miller, Jr., District Attorney, Peter C. Lehman, Sally J. Penso and Paul M. Morley, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, John W. Carney, Frederick R. Millar, Jr., and Tim J. Nader, Deputy Attorneys General, Christopher N. Heard, Cecil Hicks, District Attorney (Orange), Michael R. Capizzi, Assistant District Attorney, William W. Bedsworth and Franklin L. Carroll, Deputy District Attorneys, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

THE COURT.

In this proceeding, defendant challenges the jury selection procedure of the North County Branch of the San Diego Superior Court, contending that the selection procedure is invalid insofar as it draws jurors to serve in criminal cases from only a portion of San Diego County, rather than from the county as a whole. After decision by the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One, upholding the validity...

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