California Supreme Court
Mar. 14, 2015
In rare move, state Supreme Court votes to rehear capital case
Incoming liberal justices signal their disagreement with a departing conservative in a death penalty appeal in what legal observers said could be viewed as emblematic of their independence.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In a rare move, the reconstituted state Supreme Court has voted to rehear a case as incoming liberal justices signaled their disagreement with a departing conservative in a death penalty appeal.
The new four-justice group, which included the newcomers plus one court veteran, had the votes to challenge the chief justice's majority opinion. In what legal observers said would be emblematic of their in...
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