PEOPLE v. CAPISTRANOAppellant’s Focus Issues LetterCal.April 14, 2014 SUPREME COURT COPY : STATE OF CALIFORNIA EDMUND G. BROWNJR., Governor OFFICE OF THE STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER 1111 Broadway, 10" Floor Oakland, California 94607-4139 Telephone: (510) 267-3300 Fax: (510) 452-8712 SUPREME COURT FILED APR 14 2014 April.14, 2014 Supreme Court of California Office of the Clerk . Automatic Appeals Unit | Frank A. McGuire Clerk 350 McAllister St. Deputy San Francisco, CA 94102 Re: People v. John Leo Capistrano, Case No. §067394 Oral Argument FocusLetter To the Honorable Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California, and to the Honorable Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of California: I am counselassigned to represent Mr. Capistrano in the above-referenced appeal, calendaredfor oral. argument on May7, 2014. I intend to focus my argument on appellant’s claim that the trial court’s death qualification voir dire wasinherently insufficient andthatits erroneous excusalofat least one prospective juror without determining whetherthe juror’s views on the death penalty would preventor substantially impair the performanceofhis orherduties as a juror requires reversal of Mr. Capistrano’s death judgment. (See Appellant’s Opening and Replybriefs, ArgumentI.) Very Truly Yours, Lect, I.tedudh KATHLEEN M. SCHEIDEL Assistant State Public Defender DECLARATION OF SERVICE Re: People v. John Leo Capistrano . Calif. Supreme Ct. No. S067394 Sup. Ct. No. KA 034540 I, Neva Wandersee, declare that I am over 18 years ofage, and not a party to the within cause; that my business address is 1111 Broadway, 10" Floor, Oakland, California 94607. I served a true copy of the attached: FOCUS LETTER on each ofthe following, by placing same in an envelope addressed respectively as follows: Office of the Attorney General Margaret Maxwell, D.A.G 300 South Spring St., 5" Floor Los Angeles, CA 90013 Mr. John L. Capistrano E-43412 1-EB-67 San Quentin State Prison San Quentin, CA 94974 Each said envelope was then, on April 14, 2014, sealed and deposited in the United States mailin the city of Oakland, County of Alameda, California in which I am employed, with the postage thereon fully prepaid. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoingis true andcorr. Signed this April 14, 2014, at akland, Califorhia. DECLARANT
