Opinion ID: 2599941
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 13

Heading: Jimmy B.

Text: Jimmy B. had been convicted of brandishing a weapon and of driving under the influence. The prosecutor explained that Jimmy B. had suffered the second highest number of convictions of any potential juror, and the prosecutor also had excused the one prospective juror who had more convictions. Jimmy B. also had several family members who were heroin addicts and a brother who was confined in prison. He checked a questionnaire box indicating he was very liberal; he had not given much thought to the death penalty; and at one point he indicated he would require a showing of multiple murders before imposing the death penalty. These reasons are adequate, particularly when viewed in combination. [A] party may decide to excuse a prospective juror for a variety of reasons, finding no single characteristic dispositive. ( People v. Gray (2005) 37 Cal.4th 168, 189, 33 Cal.Rptr.3d 451, 118 P.3d 496.)