Garrett v. State

OPINION

O’CONNOR, Justice.

This case involves two questions: (1) Whether the prosecutor gave racially neutral reasons for exercising peremptory strikes against black members of the ve-nire; and (2) whether the victim's sufferings after the crime is admissible at the guilt stage of the trial. We answer the first yes, the second no, and affirm.

The appellant, Anthony Wayne Garrett, was indicted for aggravated robbery by an indictment that charged:

[W]hile in the course of committing theft of property owned by Sharon Fulce and with intent to obtain and maintain control of the property, defendants…