The People, Plaintiff and Respondent v. Dung Dinh Anh Trinh, Defendant and Appellant — Liu, J., Concurring

Summary

Justice Liu concurred in rejecting the defendant's claim that the prosecutor's strike of Prospective Juror N.V. was racially motivated. She would reach that result through independent review rather than deference because the trial court relied substantially on assumptions about Vietnamese and Asian-American jurors. The concurrence explains that a Batson ruling informed by impermissible racial generalizations cannot receive appellate deference.