State v. Saintcalle

González, J.

¶71 (concurring) — This splintered court is unanimous about one thing: Racial bias in jury selection is still a problem — “Solutions to the Problem, Of Course, wait.” Langston Hughes, Dinner Guest: Me, in 3 The Collected Works of Langston Hughes 173 (Arnold Rampersad ed., 2001). Batson challenges have not ended racial bias in jury selection. Only once has a race-based Batson challenge resulted in reversal in Washington. See State v. Cook, 175 Wn. App. 36, 312 P.3d 653 (2013). With the exception of Justice Chambers, my colleagues recast their unwillingness to act as virtuous…