Court Opinion

ID: 9531704
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:14:03.368856+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:34.180191
License: Public Domain

RICHARDSON, J.
I concur in the judgment under the compulsion of People v. Wheeler (1978) 22 Cal.3d 258 [148 Cal.Rptr. 890, 583 P.2d 748], in which I dissented. It appears that there was a failure to fulfill the burdensome duties which, in Wheeler, we have imposed on trial courts to explore and determine the real motives and reasons behind the prosecutor’s peremptory challenges statutorily defined for over 110 years as challenges “for which no reason need be given” (Pen. Code, § 1069, italics added.). Quite reluctantly, therefore, I concur in reversal of the judgment of conviction.