Legal Opinion
Packer v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 28, 2011No. B229369PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PERREN, J.
Joshua Graham Packer seeks extraordinary writ relief from the trial court’s order denying his Penal Code section 9951 motion to dismiss the indictment charging him with three counts of first degree murder (§ 187) and other offenses. The prosecution is seeking the death penalty. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3).) Packer contends the indictment must be set aside on the ground of grand juror bias. He asserts that our Supreme Court’s pronouncement that such claims are not cognizable (People v. Kempley (1928) 205 Cal. 441, 446-448 [271 P. 478] (Kempley)) is no longer controlling because…
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