Thompson v. State

OPINION

JUNELL, Justice.

Following a jury trial appellant was convicted of the felony offense of possession of a controlled substance, namely cocaine, and the trial court assessed punishment at twenty-five years confinement in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Appellant brings seven points of error alleging that the trial court committed reversible error by: (1) excusing the remainder of the venire after appellant raised a Batson challenge and before ruling on said challenge; (2) failing to disallow the State’s discriminatory peremptory challenge against…