Apr. 15, 2026
Court finds trial judge erred in allowing peremptory challenge
The 4th District Court of Appeal reversed a conviction after finding the trial court failed to assess whether a juror strike was presumptively invalid under Code of Civil Procedure section 231.7.
A California appellate court overturned a 26-year sentence in a rape and sodomy case, finding the trial court failed to properly assess a prosecutor's juror strike under state law governing peremptory challenges.
The 4th District Court of Appeal's Division 3 ruled Monday that the trial court erred by allowing the prosecution to excuse a prospective juror identified as a nurse without first determining whether that reason was presumptively invalid under Code of Civil Proced...
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