Opinion ID: 2586281
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Group Attitude

Text: In addition, defendant claims that, even if Prospective Jurors L. H. and Y. M. exhibited a bias against the death penalty, most Hispanic women actually feel this way, so that any disqualification of a Hispanic woman based on her beliefs about the death penalty would constitute improper bias against this group. We note that defendant points to no evidence in the record to support his speculation about Hispanic women's beliefs. In any event, we have recently rejected a similar contention. ( Lewis and Oliver, supra, 39 Cal.4th at p. 1016, 47 Cal.Rptr.3d 467, 140 P.3d 775.) A prosecutor may excuse prospective jurors, including members of cognizable groups, based on personal, individual biases those prospective jurors actually express, even if the biased view or attitude may be more widely held inside the cognizable group than outside of it. ( Ibid. )