Grant v. State

OPINION ON REMAND

TOM GRAY, Chief Justice.

Derrick Dwayne Grant pled guilty to the offense of burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 30.02 (Vernon Supp. 2010). He elected to have a jury determine his punishment, which was assessed at fifty-five years in prison. In his original brief on appeal, Grant raised two issues. He complained that the trial court erred by ruling that the State’s peremptory challenges were not improperly racially motivated and that the trial court abused its discretion in allowing the State to…