California CodesCode of Civil Procedure - CCPPart 1 — Of Courts of JusticeTitle 3 — Persons Specially Invested with Powers of a Judicial NatureChapter 1 — Trial Jury Selection and Management ActSection 231.5
A party shall not use a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of an assumption that the prospective juror is biased merely because of a characteristic listed or defined in Section 11135 of the Government Code, or similar grounds.
Notes
Prohibits a party from using a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror based merely on an assumption that the juror is biased because of a characteristic listed or defined in the referenced Government Code provision, or on similar grounds. The prohibition concerns the stated basis for the challenge and contains no listed exception.
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