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2015.06.29_Alameda County_(SCOTT- WHEELER BATSON PART I).pdf
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Alameda County
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Office of the Alameda District Attorney
Summary
This document is a training resource from Alameda County authored by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. This 11-page "Points and Authorities" document accompanies a "weekly video surveillance of criminal law" prepared for CLE purposes. It discusses the handling of Batson/Wheeler claims in two recent decisions by the California and U.S. Supreme Courts (People v. Scott in California and Davis v. Ayala at the federal level), focusing on the legal framework and prosecutors’ strategies in jury selection to avoid discrimination. This document is from June 29, 2015 and was produced by the Alameda County District Attorney's Office on November 3, 2022 in response to a July 23, 2021 PRA request.
