YOUNG v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. A162850.

79 Cal.App.5th 138 (2022)

CLEMON YOUNG, JR., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SOLANO COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

May 26, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Courtney Reed , Deputy Alternate Public Defender, Solano County Office of the Alternate Defender, for Petitioner.

Cooley and Randall R. Lee , for Ash Kalra, California State Assembly member, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Mary K. McComb , State Public Defender, and Elizabeth Eng , Deputy State Public Defender, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Emi MacLean , Grayce Zelphin , and Shilpi Agarwal , for American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California and Equal Justice Society, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Rob Bonta , Attorney General, Lance E. Winters , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence , Assistant Attorney General, Seth K. Schalit , and Bridget Billeter , Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

Under the California Racial Justice Act of 2020 (Stats. 2020, ch. 317, § 1) (the Racial Justice Act or the Act), "[t]he state shall not seek or obtain a criminal conviction or seek, obtain, or impose a sentence on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin." (Pen...

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