How have courts considered whether a prosecutor excused or excused two jurors on the basis of race?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Zaragoza, 1 Cal.5th 21, 204 Cal.Rptr.3d 131, 374 P.3d 344 (Cal. 2016):
but did so in reliance on the since disapproved strong likelihood standard, we independently review the record then before the trial court to determine whether it supports an inference that the prosecutor excused either of these jurors on the basis of race. (People v. Edwards (2013) 57 Cal.4th 658, 698, 161 Cal.Rptr.3d 191, 306 P.3d 1049.)
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