In what circumstances will a prosecutor be able to argue that a jury has been found unfit to stand trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Barber, 200 Cal.App.3d 378, 245 Cal.Rptr. 895 (Cal. App. 1988):
In People v. Hall (1983) 35 Cal.3d 161, 197 Cal.Rptr. 71, 672 P.2d 854, the prosecutor offered an explanation purportedly based on the backgrounds of the particular jurors he had challenged. The court stressed that in such cases the trial court must
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