In __________,the USSC held that,in assessing the racial neutrality of a prosecutor's peremptory challenge,the trial court was required to evaluate the genuineness of the prosecutor's explanation,not its reasonableness.

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In Purkett v. Elem, the US Supreme Court held that in assessing the racial neutrality of a prosecutor's peremptory challenge, the trial court was required to evaluate the genuineness of the prosecutor's explanation, not its reasonableness. This means that the court should focus on whether the prosecutor's stated race-neutral reason for the peremptory challenge is sincere, rather than whether it is a good or plausible reason.

In __________,The USSC Held That,in Assessing the Racial Neutrality of a Prosecutor's