Hispanic defendant in California

2013(Reynoso, supra, 31 Cal.4th at 18 p. 909.) After the trial court found that the defense had established a prima facie case of discrimination, the prosecutor explained that he struck one of the two Hispanic panelists, Elizabeth G., because she was a ― ‗customer service representative‘ ‖ and therefore ― ‗did not have enough educational experience,‘ ‖ and because ― ‗[i]t seemed like [Elizabeth G.] was not paying attention to the proceedings and . . . that she was not involved in the process.‘ ‖ (Id. at p. 911.) The trial court immediately ruled as follows: ― ‗And I accept those reasons as being n

2013(Reynoso, supra, 31 Cal.4th at 18 p. 909.) After the trial court found that the defense had established a prima facie case of discrimination, the prosecutor explained that he struck one of the two Hispanic panelists, Elizabeth G., because she was a ― ‗customer service representative‘ ‖ and therefore ― ‗did not have enough educational experience,‘ ‖ and because ― ‗[i]t seemed like [Elizabeth G.] was not paying attention to the proceedings and . . . that she was not involved in the process.‘ ‖ (Id. at p. 911.) The trial court immediately ruled as follows: ― ‗And I accept those reasons as being n

2026(People v. Tillman (2000) 22 Cal.4th 300 , 302– 303.) Therefore, we address the merits of the new trial motion. 71 questioning of Ortega, Detective Fernandez told Ortega he believed Ortega would not do drive-by shootings and did everything “up and . . . up and, you know, personal.” Detective Fernandez stated, “Blacks are more out of control, you know, whatever.” In the interview of Trevizu, the detective had made similar comments, stating “there’s certain rules that go with that number 13.

2020(People v. Silva, supra, 25 Cal.4th at p. 385 .) As the parties argued the issue, however, defense counsel ultimately explained why and how he used his peremptory challenges: “… I think we’re going to find out aside from me saying that I was looking for a jury that was – because I had Hispanic defendants, I was looking for a jury that represented all aspects of the community, both Caucasians and Hispanics, that some of my challenges were exercised as I say based simply on my years of experience in looking at jurors and seeing whether I thought those jurors would be sympathetic or not sympathet

2011(Soto, supra, 21 Cal.4th at p. 532 .) Cua then, however, contends that the evidence in that case was that the Caucasian ratios were one in three billion, demonstrating that “the odds of a Vietnamese person’s DNA matching the crime scene DNA” was “13 times more likely” than a United States Caucasian.

1999The court pointed out “the prosecutor (1) challenged all Hispanic jurors; (2) used his first peremptory challenge to strike the only Hispanic juror; and (3) exercised his sole challenge to the alternate pool to remove the only other Hispanic in the jury pool.” (U.S. v. Chinchilla, supra, 874 F.2d at p. 698 , fns. omitted.) The prosecutor explained his bases for the challenges were “type of employment, age, and residence.” {Ibid.) On review, however, the Ninth Circuit pointed out that an unchallenged juror lived in the same city as one rejected juror, and the jurors did not state their ages for