The People, Plaintiff and Respondent v. Christopher James Sattiewhite, Defendant and Appellant — Liu, J., Concurring

Summary

Justice Liu concurs in rejecting the defendant’s Batson claim but disagrees with the court’s decision to resolve the claim at the first stage after the prosecutor voluntarily stated reasons for the peremptory strike. She would treat the first-stage inquiry as moot once reasons are stated and require evaluation of whether those reasons are genuine or pretextual. The concurrence concludes that the prosecutor’s stated reasons were legitimate and credible.