How have the defense counsel responded to the prosecutor's observations about R.J's timid demeanor?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mejia, D073113 (Cal. App. 2018):
None of the defense counsel rebutted the prosecutor's observations about R.J.'s timid demeanor. (See People v. Mai (2013) 57 Cal.4th 986, 1052 ["the prosecutor's demeanor observations, even if not explicitly confirmed by the record, are a permissible race-neutral ground for peremptory excusal, especially when they were not disputed in the trial court."].)13 To the contrary, the trial court noted it made many of the same observations as the prosecutor had.
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