Temmis v. State

On Return to Remand

We remanded this cause to the Houston Circuit Court with instructions that that court conduct a Batson hearing to allow the State an opportunity to explain its peremptory strikes of black veniremembers, 665 So.2d 951. The trial court complied with our instructions and found that the State's explanations for its strikes were race-neutral.

The State gave the following reasons for striking the black veniremembers:

Juror number 13: He knew the defendant, the victim, and a State's witness.

Juror number 37: He admitted that he had a felony conviction.

Juror number 6: He knew the…