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U.S. Supreme Court

Jul. 8, 2014

On criminal law, U.S. Supreme Court sometimes is left of California high court

The U.S. Supreme Court isn't exactly a bastion of liberalism. But on criminal issues, it sometimes seems that way compared to the California Supreme Court.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The U.S. Supreme Court isn't exactly a bastion of liberalism. But on criminal issues, it sometimes seems that way compared to the California Supreme Court. In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has reversed the state high court on important questions of defendants' privacy rights, judges' discretion to increase sentences, and claims of racial bias in jury selection, among other cases. The Californi...

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