Introducing ATLASLearn more
Legal Opinion

Hernandez v. Municipal Court

California Supreme Court

Decided October 31, 1989No. S001133PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

PANELLI, J.—

We granted review to determine whether the practice in the Municipal Court for the Los Angeles Judicial District (MCLAJD) of transferring criminal cases from the traffic court *716building to a branch courthouse within the same municipal court district violates the provisions of the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution that a jury be drawn from the locality, or vicinage, of the crime.1 Specifically, we must decide what constitutes the geographical boundaries of the vicinage for a case arising in the MCLAJD. As we shall explain, we conclude that in California the…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. People v. WheelerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
  5. Thiel v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946

22 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by41 opinions

  1. People v. JenningsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Shawn Garfield Price v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
  3. People v. CoddingtonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2000
  4. People v. OchoaCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
  5. People v. HillCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992

36 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

View API DocsGet API Key

Powered by the Exa API