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):
3 "[E]ven when there is no doubt of the prosecutor's good faith, the issue whether a given explanation constitutes a constitutionally permissible--i.e., nondiscriminatory--justification for the particular peremptory challenge remains a question of law." (People v. Turner (1986) 42 Cal.3d 711, 720, fn. 6, 230 Cal.Rptr. 656, 726 P.2d 102.)
** See footnote *, ante.
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