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12-06-2005, 04:10 AM
From the Los Angeles Times
THE NATION
Lockyer Asks Justices to Rein In 9th Circuit Court
By David G. Savage, Times Staff Writer
December 6, 2005
WASHINGTON — California Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer urged the Supreme Court on Monday to shield the state courts from being second-guessed on criminal cases by the judges of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the most liberal of the federal appellate courts.
He was challenging a recent 9th Circuit ruling that reversed the 9-year-old drug conviction of a Los Angeles man because of possible race bias in the selection of one of the jurors.
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http://wb32tv.trb.com/news/la-na-scotus6dec06,0,3323618.story?coll=kwbp-news-1
THE NATION
Lockyer Asks Justices to Rein In 9th Circuit Court
By David G. Savage, Times Staff Writer
December 6, 2005
WASHINGTON — California Atty. Gen. Bill Lockyer urged the Supreme Court on Monday to shield the state courts from being second-guessed on criminal cases by the judges of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the most liberal of the federal appellate courts.
He was challenging a recent 9th Circuit ruling that reversed the 9-year-old drug conviction of a Los Angeles man because of possible race bias in the selection of one of the jurors.
Read the whole article here:
http://wb32tv.trb.com/news/la-na-scotus6dec06,0,3323618.story?coll=kwbp-news-1