People v. Black

Filed 3/27/14 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent, ) ) S206928 v. ) ) Ct. App. 1/1 A131693 CHARLES ALEX BLACK ) ) Alameda County Defendant and Appellant. ) Super. Ct. No. C163496 ____________________________________) During voir dire, the trial court denied defendant‘s challenges to two prospective jurors on incompetence grounds (i.e., grounds that rendered them removable for cause). Following those denials, defendant used two of his allotted peremptory challenges to remove the same jurors. Defendant ultimately exhausted his peremptory challenges. He…