Does a prosecutor have the authority to challenge a prospective juror with a peremptory challenge?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Valdez, B285712, B292559 (Cal. App. 2019):
Although a prosecutor may exercise a peremptory challenge to strike a prospective juror "'for any reason, or no reason at all' [citation]" (People v. Scott (2015) 61 Cal.4th 363, 387 (Scott)), he or she may not use a peremptory challenge to "'strike prospective jurors on the basis of group biasthat is, bias against "members
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