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The Superior Court uses the One Day or One Trial Jury Service program under California Rules of Court, Rule 2.1002. This program allows a person to fulfill jury service when they have: Served on ...
However, Corren said, “If you are 70 years of age or older, the (law) allows you to be excused due to a medical condition without a doctor’s note.”. Rule 2.1008 in the 2024 California Rules ...
On April 24, 1972, the Supreme Court of California ruled in People v. Anderson that the state's current death penalty laws were unconstitutional. Justice Marshall F. McComb was the lone dissenter, arguing that the death penalty deterred crime, noting numerous Supreme Court precedents upholding the death penalty's constitutionality, and stating that the legislative and initiative processes were ...
Jury duty or jury service is a service as a juror in a legal proceeding. Different countries have different approaches to juries . [ 1 ] Variations include the kinds of cases tried before a jury, how many jurors hear a trial, and whether the lay person is involved in a single trial or holds a paid job similar to a judge, but without legal training.
Stand-your-ground law. A stand-your-ground law, sometimes called a " line in the sand " or "no duty to retreat" law, provides that people may use deadly force when they reasonably believe it to be necessary to defend against certain violent crimes (right of self-defense). Under such a law, people have no duty to retreat before using deadly ...
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The People of the State of California v. Robert Page Anderson, 493 P.2d 880, 6 Cal. 3d 628 (Cal. 1972), was a landmark case in the state of California that outlawed capital punishment for nine months until the enactment of a constitutional amendment reinstating it, Proposition 17.
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