Opinion ID: 1350499
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Death Qualification and the Fair Cross-section Requirement

Text: (2) Defendant contends that the death qualification of the jury prior to the guilt phase of his trial violated his right to a jury drawn from a fair cross-section of the community. The point was rejected by this court in People v. Fields (1983) 35 Cal.3d 329 [197 Cal. Rptr. 803, 673 P.2d 680], 342-352 (plur. opn.), 374-375 (conc. opn. of Kaus, J.), and by the United States Supreme Court in Lockhart v. McCree (1986) 476 U.S. 162, 173-177 [90 L.Ed.2d 137, 147-150, 106 S.Ct. 1758].