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Judges and Judiciary

Aug. 5, 2006

Hispanics Sue Over Yolo Grand Jury

SAN FRANCISCO - A firefight has broken out in the sleepy Sacramento suburb of Yolo County, where a handful of Hispanic residents have accused the mostly white Superior Court bench of picking mostly whites to sit on the grand jury.

By Dennis Opatrny
Daily Journal Staff Writer
     
SAN FRANCISCO - A firefight has broken out in the sleepy Sacramento suburb of Yolo County, where a handful of Hispanic residents have accused the mostly white Superior Court bench of picking mostly whites to sit on the grand jury.
      It all started in January, when the county's 19-member grand jury, in its civil capacity as a coun...

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