Highlights of the Supreme Court's 2004-2005 Term
References for Johnson v. California (June 13, 2005)

Prior Opinions

• California Court of Appeal Opinion filed: April 5, 2001
• California Supreme Court Opinion filed: June 30, 2003

Pleadings, Motions, & Arguments

• Petitioner's Briefs (Merits) (PDF)
• Respondent's Briefs (Merits) (PDF)
• Supreme Court Oral Argument (PDF)

Amicus Briefs in Support of Petitioner

• NAACP, ACLU, et al (PDF)

Amicus Briefs in Support of Respondent

• Criminal Justice Legal Foundation (PDF)

Articles & Commentary

• "Supreme Court Debates Jury Selection Bias", Ohio.com (March 2005)
• "Supreme Court considers race bias in jury selection", Boston.com (April 2005)
• "California Jury Law Discriminates Against Minorities, High Court told", The New Standard (April 2005)
• "Court signals strict juror- exclusion view", Post- Gazette.com (April 2005)
• "Court Denounces Race Bias in Picking Jury", Yahoo News (June 2005)
• "Top Court gets tough on bias in jury picking: 1986 ban on using race to exclude jurors reaffirmed", SF.gate (June 2005)
• "Racial Bias Excerpts", The Day.com (June 2005)
• "Court Sides with two murder suspects", AOL News (June 2005)
• "Death Row Inmate's Conviction Overturned", Yahoo News (June 2005)
• Academic sources
  • Duke Cert
  • Medill

Other References

• Supreme Court Docket
• liibulletin
• Criminal Procedure
• Miller-El v. Dretke (03-9659)