HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 6123 N.C.S. 08/21/1972 EER:btr 8/21/72
.Zesolution No 6.1.23
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY. COUNCIL OF THE 'CITY OF PETALUMA, ors,��3
CALIFORNIA, URGING ADOPTION OF LEGISLATION, TO IMPLEMENT ' ;
CERTAIN `RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SELECT
COMMITTEE ON TRIAL COURT DELAY-.,
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN At A Regular. Meeting of
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the City Council of the City of Petaluma on the 21st day of August 19 7 2.
WHEREAS , the Select: Committee. on Trial Court Delay, constituted by
the .State 'of California has 'studied California judicial processes as a part
of the criminal justice ;system; and
WHEREAS,' after. exteRsive research, theiSeledt Committee on Trial Court
Delay has proposed certain' recommendations to improve the California System
of Criminal 'Justice;' and:
WHEREAS, the City Council. feels that adoption of certain recommenda-
tions would improve the judicial process./ and provide' for equal justice
under the law , as well' as modernize and make More e'ffedtive the judicial
system in California.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the. City. Council of the City of
Petaluma , urges. the California State, Legislature to. adopt legislation imple-
meriting the following recommendations of the :Select Committee on Trial Court
Delay:
1. Expand the infraction category of public offenses: to include moving
violations of a non-serious nature, presently cl'a'ssified as misdemeanors .
2 .: Reduce jury size in selected criminal cases to provide a criminal
jury composed of six people in those felony prosecutions where 'an alleged
offense is neither punishable With death nor with a maximum sentence of life
imprisonment; or where the alleged offense' is prosecuted as a misdemeanor.
3 : Authorize majority verdicts in selected criminal cases with, a five-
sixths majority of the jurors7 in certain felony prosecutions ,- and in prose-
cutions where the alleged offense -is a" misdemeanor.
4. Require certification of counsel- for participation in felony trial
proceedings by' creating a commission to establish and administer a compulsory
certification program for counsel who participate 'in- felony trial proceedings .
5 . Enact an alibi s'tatute. to regulate' 'mutual pretrial disclosure of
the identity. of witnesses, who 'are. expected to contradict or support an alibi.
defense at trial,
under the power and authority,conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
`Seconded by_ __�_j, _:_......�_� COUNCILMEN VOTE
Ayes Noes Absent
I hereby certify that the foregoing'-resolution was duly and
Councilman Robert A. Brunner
regularly introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of John W. Cavanagh, Jr.
Petaluma, on the 21 day of August -. 19 72 by Richard W. Clecak
the following vote:�• 1
(SEAL)
Robert E. Daly
Mayorof'the City:of Petaluma Fred V. Mattei
) William A. Perry, Jr. i
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Attest s -C
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City Clerk: ' Mayor Helen Putnam �.
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