Johnson v. State

BOYD, Justice.

Upon a plea of guilty, appellant Rodney Dewayne Johnson was convicted of the offense of burglary, a first degree felony, 1 and the jury assessed punishment at thirty (30) years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. He now challenges both his conviction and sentence in one point of error, therein arguing that the trial court reversibly erred in denying his motion for mistrial based upon the State’s alleged racially discriminatory use of its peremptory strikes in selecting a jury for the punishment phase of appellant’s trial. For reasons…