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· 2/1/1890

Boreham v. Byrne

Citations

  • 83 Cal. 23
  • 23 P. 212
  • 1890 Cal. LEXIS 632

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the defendant did not establish a prima facie case based on the State’s use of four of its nine allotted peremptory strikes against black potential jurors
  • noting that, while “the prosecutor’s questions and statements during voir dire examination and in exercising his challenges may support or refute an inference of discriminatory purpose[,]” no transcript of the voir dire or jury selection appeared in the record
  • criminal intent is a question for the factfinder, and can be inferred from the defendant’s conduct before, during, and after the commission of the crimes

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Judges: Thornton

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