What is the test for removing prospective jurors from a jury in a civil trial based only on race?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Calkins, A144393 (Cal. App. 2017):
The federal and state Constitutions forbid the removal of prospective jurors based only on their race. (People v. Duff (2014) 58 Cal.4th 527, 544.) Claims that the prosecution impermissibly exercised a peremptory challenge based on race require a three-step analysis. (Id. at p. 545.) First, the defendant must " 'make out a prima facie case "by showing that the totality of the relevant facts gives rise to an inference of
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