Moore v. State

OPINION

DUNN, Justice.

A jury found appellant, Sheddrick Jarrod Moore, guilty of possession of a controlled substance, namely cocaine, and assessed punishment, enhanced by one prior felony conviction, at 30 years confinement.

In his third point of error, appellant contends that the trial court erred in failing to quash the jury panel. Specifically, appellant contends that the prosecutor systematically used her peremptory challenges to strike all black venirepersons from the jury panel.

A prosecutor is prohibited by the fourteenth amendment from striking potential jurors solely on the basis of…