People v. Trevino

*676Opinion

REYNOSO, J.

Jeremiah Trevino appeals from a conviction of murder (Pen. Code, § 187).1 The People appeal the dismissal of murder charges against his codefendant, Leonard L. Rivas. The parties raise two separate and distinct claims.

Trevino raises the question whether the term “Spanish surnamed” is sufficiently descriptive of a cognizable group to satisfy the Wheeler2 test for identifying prosecutorial abuse of the peremptory challenge in violation of a defendant’s constitutional right to be tried by a jury drawn from a representative cross-section of the community. We conclude that the…