What is the test for determining whether a strike can be justified by race-neutral reasons?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Rhoades, 255 Cal.Rptr.3d 453, 453 P.3d 89, 8 Cal.5th 393 (Cal. 2019):
Again, the high courts application of the law to the facts in Johnson v. California is instructive. There, the trial judges "own examination of the record had convinced her that the prosecutors strikes could be justified by race-neutral reasons. Specifically, the judge opined that [two of] the black venire members had offered equivocal or confused
[453 P.3d 143]
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