Jackson v. Superior Court of Contra Costa Cnty.

Schulman, J.*

*899*517Petitioner Jonathan Jackson seeks extraordinary writ relief from the superior court's order denying his motion to dismiss an indictment issued by a grand jury charging him with special circumstances murder, kidnapping, and rape. Petitioner moved to dismiss the indictment pursuant to Penal Code section 9951 and on nonstatutory grounds. The motion was brought on the grounds, among others, that the deputy district attorney's excusal of a juror for cause, in the presence of the remaining grand jurors, substantially impaired the independence and impartiality of the grand jury,…