California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Panah, 107 P.3d 790, 25 Cal.Rptr.3d 672, 35 Cal.4th 395 (Cal. 2005):
To the extent, moreover, that defendant asserts some racial or ethnic animus was at work among the jurors, his claim is belied by his failure to have exercised all his peremptory challenges. "In the absence of some explanation for counsel's failure to utilize his remaining peremptory challenges, or any objection to the jury as finally composed, we conclude that counsel's inaction signifies his recognition that the jury as selected was fair and impartial." (People v. Daniels, supra, 52
[25 Cal.Rptr.3d 718]
Cal.3d at p. 854, 277 Cal.Rptr. 122, 802 P.2d 906.)[25 Cal.Rptr.3d 718]
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