Criminal
Sep. 25, 2026
A concurrence in the spotlight: In re Haney and the Racial Justice Act after Hazlett
The 1st District Court of Appeal's unusual partial publication in In re Haney highlights the continuing debate over whether racially discriminatory peremptory challenges should be actionable under California's Racial Justice Act and signals a potential invitation for legislative action.
When a Court of Appeal panel publishes only the introduction to its opinion and leaves the rest unpublished, practitioners take notice. That is what the 1st District Court of Appeal did in In re Haney, a Racial Justice Act habeas matter decided Sept. 16, 2026. (In re Haney, No. A170412, 2026 WL 2731165 (Cal. Ct. App. Sept. 16, 2026).)
The court certified only its introduction for publication, expressly to frame a separate con...
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