Court Opinion

ID: 9558657
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 17:14:56.692722+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:09:30.286984
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KENNARD, J., Concurring.
In In re Carpenter (1995) 9 Cal.4th 634 [38 Cal.Rptr.2d 665, 889 P.2d 985], I joined Justice Mosk’s dissenting opinion, which concluded that this court should grant defendant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus and vacate the judgment in its entirety on the ground that Jury Foreperson Barbara Durham was biased against him; (Id. at pp. 660-687 (dis. *1065opn. of Mosk, J., concurred in by Lucas, C. J., and Kennard, J.).) Although I have not departed from that view, the question whether Juror Durham was biased is not at issue here. As Justice Chin’s majority opinion explains, none of the claims defendant raises in his appeal is meritorious. I therefore concur in the majority’s reasoning and result.