People v. Scott

*409LIU, J.,

Concurring. — During jury selection, defendant Royce Lyn Scott objected to the prosecutor’s peremptory strike of Prospective Juror H.R., an African-American. (See Batson v. Kentucky (1986) 476 U.S. 79 [90 L.Ed.2d 69, 106 S.Ct. 1712] (Batson); People v. Wheeler (1978) 22 Cal.3d 258 [148 Cal.Rptr. 890, 583 P.2d 748].) The trial court found no prima facie case of discrimination but invited the prosecutor to state his reason for striking H.R. The prosecutor cited H.R.’s “inconsistent answers on the death penalty,” and the trial court accepted that explanation as a valid race-neutral…