Cornish v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

MEYERS, Judge.

A jury convicted appellant of involuntary manslaughter and the trial court assessed punishment at confinement for five years, probated. The conviction was affirmed. Cornish v. State, No. 11-90-00033-CR (Tex.App. November 21, 1991). We granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review to determine whether the court of appeals properly addressed the claim that a black venireperson was impermissibly struck in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986).

After the jury panel was seated…