PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. S066106.

106 Cal.Rptr.2d 295 (2001)

25 Cal.4th 441

21 P.3d 1209

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Arasheik Wesley WILLIAMS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 7, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry P. Helft, San Francisco, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald E. Niver and Karl S. Mayer, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


GEORGE, C.J.

A juror in this criminal case expressly refused to follow the trial court's instructions regarding the crime of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, because the juror disagreed with the law criminalizing such behavior. The trial court dismissed the juror and replaced him with an alternate juror. On appeal following conviction, defendant claims the juror should not have been discharged, because the juror's refusal to follow the law was proper under...

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