PEOPLE v. SILAS

No. A150512.

68 Cal.App.5th 1057 (2021)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SHELDON VAUGHN SILAS et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

September 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex Coolman , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Sheldon Silas.

Barry M. Karl , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Reginald Whitley.

Stephen B. Bedrick , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Lamar Michaels.

Ross Thomas , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Linda Chaney.

Easha Anand , James W. Craig , MacArthur Justice Center; Daniel A. Rubens , Elizabeth Cruikshank , Tiffany R. Wright , Sarah H. Sloan and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Ezekiel R. Edwards , Jason D. Williamson , Cassandra Stubbs and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Shilpi Agarwal and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Elias Batchelder and Office of the State Public Defender as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Stephen K. Dunkle , John T. Philipsborn and California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Elisa Della-Piana , Tifanei Ressl-Moyer and Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Xavier Becerra and Rob Bonta , Attorneys General, Lance E. Winters , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence , Assistant Attorney General, Rene A. Chacon and Moona Nandi , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

Defendants Sheldon Vaughn Silas, Reginald Whitley, Lamar Michaels, and Linda Chaney, all of whom are Black, were tried for various crimes related to the murders of Christopher Zinn and Brieanna Dow, who were also Black. During jury selection, defendants brought Batson/Wheeler1

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