What is the test for reviewing the record for "reasonable grounds upon which the prosecutor might reasonably have challenged the jurors in question"?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Johnson, 105 Cal.Rptr.2d 727 (Cal. App. 2001):

15. We are, of course, permitted to review the record for "' grounds upon which the prosecutor might reasonably have challenged' the jurors in question." (People v. Howard, supra, 1 Cal.4th at p. 1155; see also our opinion in Buckley, supra, 53 Cal.App.4th at p. 667.)

15. We are, of course, permitted to review the record for "' grounds upon which the prosecutor might reasonably have challenged' the jurors in question." (People v. Howard, supra, 1 Cal.4th at p. 1155; see also our opinion in Buckley, supra, 53 Cal.App.4th at p. 667.)

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