Criminal,
Appellate Practice
Sep. 22, 2021
Panel tosses murder convictions, says juror strike ‘tied to race’
During jury selection, the defendants filed Batson/Wheeler motions against the prosecutor’s exercise of a peremptory strike against three Black prospective jurors, including a 25-year-old woman who said she supported Black Lives Matter.
An appellate court overturned the convictions of three men in a murder case after finding the prosecutor's reason for striking a juror was "plainly tied to race."
The case involved four Black members of a San Francisco street gang who were being tried for crimes related to the murders of Christopher Zinn and Brieanna Dow, who were also Black. The trial started in 2016.
During jury selection, the defendants filed...
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