Section 231.5.  


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  • A party may not use a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of an assumption that the prospective juror is biased merely because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, or similar grounds.

(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 43, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)