Contreras v. State

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

A jury convicted appellant of aggravated assault and assessed punishment at fifteen years in prison and a $10,000 fine. We affirm.

On July 11, 1999, appellant was searching for his wife, who was separated from him. When he found her in a vehicle with another man, appellant flagged her down and began assaulting her.

In his first issue, appellant contends the trial judge erred by overruling appellant’s gender-based Batson challenge to the State’s peremptory strike of venire member Roese. We follow the usual standard of review. J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B., 511 U.S.…