State v. Salinas

87 Wn.2d 112 (1976)

549 P.2d 712

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent,

v.

TRINIDAD SALINAS, Appellant.

No. 43943.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 13, 1976.

Porter, Schwab & Royal and Robert B. Royal, for appellant.

Jeffrey C. Sullivan, Prosecuting Attorney, and Catherine Lee Campbell, Deputy, for respondent.

WRIGHT, J.

This case presents two issues. First, the constitutionality of a prosecutor's use of peremptory challenges to exclude Spanish-surnamed veniremen from serving in a jury trial of a Mexican-American defendant. Second, the correctness of an instruction pertaining to the use of…