Case Status

JOHNSON, JAY S. v. CALIFORNIA (42860)

    Order dated: 12/01/03
    Docket number: 03-6539
    Action:
        The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to the following Question: Whether to establish a prima facie case under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), the objector must show that it is more likely than not the other party's peremptory challenges, if unexplained, were based on impermissible group bias?

JOHNSON, JAY S. v. CALIFORNIA (42860)

    Order dated: 01/12/04
    Docket number: 03-6539
    Action:
        The motion of petitioner for appointment of counsel is granted. Stephen B. Bedrick, Esquire, of Oakland, California is appointed to serve as counsel for the petitioner in this case.

JOHNSON, JAY S. v. CALIFORNIA (42860)

    Order dated: 04/19/04
    Docket number: 03-6539
    Action:
        The motion of petitioner to file a supplemental brief after argument is granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Whether to establish a prima facie case under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), the objector must show that it is more likely than not that the other party's peremptory challenges, if unexplained, were based on impermissible group bias?