Aldrich Adwar Rooks v. State

Rooks v. State

IN THE

TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-91-084-CR

ALDRICH ADWAR ROOKS,

Appellant

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,

Appellee

From the 13th District Court

Navarro County, Texas

Trial Court # 24,003

O P I N I O N

Aldrich Rooks, who received sixty years for the aggravated sexual assault of a thirteen-year-old girl, contends the court erred when it denied his Batson motion and refused to allow him to question the victim during the punishment phase about her prior sexual history. We affirm.

JURY SELECTION

Rooks and the victim are black. The State peremptorily struck four blacks (Edmerson, Johnson, Driver, and…