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STATE v. SALINAS

No. 43943.

87 Wn.2d 112 (1976)

549 P.2d 712

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. TRINIDAD SALINAS, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 13, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 force in resisting the arrest of another. We uphold the validity of the defendant's conviction both as to the jury's composition and as to the...

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