Legal Opinion
Dewberry v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided September 13, 1989No. 1231-87PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW
McCORMICK, Presiding Judge.
Brian Dewberry, appellant, was convicted of murder and sentenced to fifteen years’ confinement in the Texas Department of Corrections. The Dallas Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction in a published opinion. Dewberry v. State, 743 S.W.2d 260 (Tex.App. — Dallas 1987).
We granted appellant’s petition for discretionary review on two grounds to determine: (1) whether the Court of Appeals erred in finding that appellant failed to establish a prima facie case of racial discrimination by the prosecutor in the use of…
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