People v. Salinas

background information (e.g., marital status, occupation, prior jury service) from the prospective jurors and questioned them about whether anyone had negative experiences with law enforcement officers or had friends or family who worked in law enforcement. The court then permitted the attorneys to voir dire the group. After attorney voir dire and challenges for cause, the trial court invited the parties to exercise peremptory challenges until 10 of the original group of 21 had been dismissed. At that point, additional prospective jurors were called from the panel to again comprise a group of 21, and the newly-called prospective jurors were questioned in the same manner. There were at least four Black women in the first group of 21 prospective jurors: prospective juror number 3505 (Juror 3505), prospective juror number 5542 (Juror 5542), prospective juror number 8832 (Juror 8832), and prospective juror number 8061 (Juror 8061). 1 Juror 3505 was employed as a recruiting trainer in the financial services industry and married with two children. She previously served on a criminal jury, she had never been the victim of a crime, and her hobbies included golf and ministry work. When the…