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Miles v. California

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on March 22, 2021.

Docket No.20-808
Op. BelowCal.

Issue

(1) Whether a court reviewing a claim under Batson v. Kentucky may consider reasons distinguishing stricken jurors from those accepted by the prosecutor when the prosecutor did not cite the distinguishing reason in the trial court as a basis for the strike; and (2) whether, for purposes of comparative juror analysis, the jurors being compared must have expressed the same combination of responses in all material respects for the comparison to have significant probative value.

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