What is the burden of striking a jury based on race?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Reynoso, 3 Cal.Rptr.3d 769, 31 Cal.4th 903, 74 P.3d 852 (Cal. 2003):
13. See also Hernandez v. New York (1991) 500 U.S. 352, 358-359, 111 S.Ct. 1859, 114 L.Ed.2d 395 (plur.opn.) ("[I]f the requisite [prima facie] showing has been made [by the defendant], the burden shifts to the prosecutor to articulate a race-neutral explanation for striking the jurors in question.").
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