Chandler v. State

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

A jury convicted Juan Chandler of felony murder in the shooting death of Barak Martin. Chandler alleges that the trial court erred in returning two jurors to the jury panel after he used peremptory strikes to remove them. Because the trial court’s factual findings were clearly erroneous, we reverse.

1. The evidence shows that Chandler walked to the passenger side of a vehicle and asked Martin if he remembered Chandler. Martin replied in a derogatory manner. Chandler returned to two friends on the driver’s side, asked for a gun, walked around the front of the…