What is the test for making a peremptory challenge?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Gomez, F075252 (Cal. App. 2020):

"Peremptory challenges are a long-standing feature of civil and criminal adjudication. But the exercise of even a single peremptory challenge solely on the basis of race or ethnicity offends the guarantee of equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment to the federal Constitution. [Citations.] Such conduct also violates [the parties'] right to trial by a jury drawn from a representative cross-section of the community under article I, section 16 of the state Constitution. [Citation.]" (People v. Gutierrez (2017) 2 Cal.5th 1150, 1157 (Gutierrez).)

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