People v. Ervin

In People v. Ervin (2000) 22 Cal.4th 48, the Court described the trial court's ruling on a Wheeler/Batson motion as follows: "The court denied defendant's motion, expressly finding that the prosecutor's explanations were 'reasonably specific and neutral' and sufficiently related to the case, and that defendant demonstrated no prosecutorial 'group bias.'" (Id. at p. 74.) The Court gave no indication that the trial court made an express finding of genuineness, but the Court still reviewed the ruling with the customary deference. (Id. at pp. 74-75.)