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§ 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 b…

Part 1: Of Courts of Justice | Title 3: Persons Specially Invested with Powers of a Judicial Nature | Chapter 1: Trial Jury Selection and Management Act

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.

Amendment history: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 115, Sec. 1. (AB 87) Effective January 1, 2016.