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WILLIAMS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S002131. L.A. 32206.

49 Cal.3d 736 (1989)

781 P.2d 537

263 Cal. Rptr. 503

EDWARD WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

October 31, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Madelynn Kopple, Frank O. Bell, Jr., State Public Defender, and Donald L.A. Kerson, Deputy State Public Defender, for Petitioner.

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

No appearance for Respondent.

Kent S. Scheidegger and Charles L. Hobson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.

Ira Reiner, District Attorney, Harry B. Sondheim, Donald J. Kaplan and George M. Palmer, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Gary R. Hahn, John R. Gorey and Shunji Asari, Deputy Attorneys General, Cecil Hicks, District Attorney (Orange), Michael R. Capizzi, Chief Assistant District Attorney, William W. Bedsworth and Franklin L. Carroll, Deputy District Attorneys, De Witt W. Clinton, County Counsel (Los Angeles), Richard E. Townsend, Deputy County Counsel, and Christopher N. Heard as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

PANELLI, J.

The issue in this case is whether jury selection procedures in Los Angeles County violate a criminal defendant's right to an impartial jury, that is, a jury representative of a cross-section of the community. Specifically, we must decide whether, for purposes of cross-section analysis, "community" is defined as the county, the superior court ("judicial") district, or...

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