People v. Bankston

Summary

The court reverses the judgment of death because the penalty phase was affected by errors under the California Racial Justice Act of 2020, while affirming the judgment in all other respects and remanding for further proceedings. It rejects Bankston's challenges to the handling of his requests for substitute counsel and self-representation, his absence from two pretrial proceedings, jury selection, gang-related hearsay, prison-gang evidence, and rap-sheet evidence to the extent addressed in the available text.